H.G. Wells: Another Kind of LifePeter Owen Publishers, 1. maj 2011 - 408 sider An unlikely lothario, one of the most successful writers of his time, a figure at the heart of the age's political and artistic debates—H. G. Wells' life is a great story in its own right When H. G. Wells left school in 1880 at 13 he seemed destined for obscurity—yet he defied expectations, becoming one of the most famous writers in the world. He wrote classic science-fiction tales such as The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds; reinvented the Dickensian novel in Kipps and The History of Mr Polly; pioneered postmodernism in experimental fiction; and harangued his contemporaries in polemics which included two bestselling histories of the world. He brought equal energy to his outrageously promiscuous love life—a series of affairs embraced distinguished authors such as Dorothy Richardson and Rebecca West, the gun-toting travel writer Odette Keun, and Russian spy Moura Budberg. Until his death in 1946 Wells had artistic and ideological confrontations with everyone from Henry James to George Orwell, from Churchill to Stalin. He remains a controversial figure, attacked by some as a philistine, sexist, and racist, praised by others as a great writer, a prophet of globalization, and a pioneer of human rights. Setting the record straight, this authoritative biography is the first full-scale account to include material from the long-suppressed skeleton correspondence with his mistresses and illegitimate daughter. |
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Student 18841887 | 54 |
In the Wilderness 18871890 | 65 |
An Attempt at Conformity 18901893 | 75 |
Author 18931895 | 86 |
Prophet 19161919 | 236 |
Historian 19191922 | 251 |
Godfather 19221926 | 265 |
Life after Jane 19271930 | 277 |
An Inflated Persona 19301934 | 291 |
The Man Who Continued to Work Miracles 19351939 | 309 |
Declarations 19391943 | 326 |
Exasperations 19431946 | 339 |
The Scientific Romances 18951899 | 107 |
A New Prospectus 18991901 | 135 |
Annexing the Future 19021905 | 153 |
Fabianism and Free Love 19051909 | 170 |
Novelist 19091911 | 196 |
Journalist 19111916 | 214 |
Notes | 351 |
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Back Cover | 435 |
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