Abstract
H. G. Wells is a writer with several, almost rival, identities: science fiction author, comic novelist, social novelist, controversialist, forecaster of the future and historian of mankind. The quantity of his work is no less remarkable than its breadth. Wells averaged two books annually, plus pamphlets and other journalism, for fifty-three years.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Copyright information
© 1987 Michael Draper
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Draper, M. (1987). Beginnings: Wells’s Life. In: H. G. Wells. Macmillan Modern Novelists. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19012-6_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19012-6_1
Publisher Name: Palgrave, London
Print ISBN: 978-0-333-40747-9
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-19012-6
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts CollectionLiterature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)