Delphi Collected Works of H. G. Wells (Illustrated)

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Widely regarded as the father of science fiction, H. G. Wells was also a prolific author of history, politics and social commentary, whose works from an early date were renowned for their outspoken socialist views. This eBook presents Wells’ collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare novels and tales, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. Parts Edition is available for this title. (Version 8)


Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, some later novels and non-fiction texts are not included. However, when they enter the public domain, they will be added as a free upgrade.


Contents:


The Novels

The Time Machine (1895)

The Wonderful Visit (1895)

The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896)

The Wheels of Chance (1896)

The Invisible Man (1897)

The War of the Worlds (1898)

When the Sleeper Wakes (1899)

Love and Mr. Lewisham (1899)

The First Men in the Moon (1901)

The Sea Lady (1902)

The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904)

Kipps (1905)

A Modern Utopia (1905)

In the Days of the Comet (1906)

The War in the Air (1908)

Tono-Bungay (1909)

Ann Veronica (1909)

The History of Mr. Polly (1910)

The Sleeper Awakes (1910)

The New Machiavelli (1911)

Marriage (1912)

The Passionate Friends (1913)

The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914)

The World Set Free (1914)

Bealby (1915)

Boon (1915)

The Research Magnificent (1915)

Mr. Britling Sees It Through (1916)

The Soul of a Bishop (1917)

Joan and Peter (1918)

The Undying Fire (1919)

The Secret Places of the Heart (1922)

Men Like Gods (1923)

The Dream (1924)

Christina Alberta’s Father (1925)

The World of William Clissold (1916)

Meanwhile (1927)

Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island (1928)

The Bulpington of Blup (1932)

Star Begotten (1937)

The Camford Visitation (1937)

The Brothers (1938)

The Holy Terror (1939)

Babes in the Darkling Wood (1939)

All Aboard for Ararat (1940)

You Can’t Be Too Careful (1942)


The Short Story Collections

Early Short Stories

Select Conversations with an Uncle (1895)

The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (1895)

The Plattner Story and Others (1897)

Tales of Space and Time (1899)

Twelve Stories and a Dream (1903)

The Country of the Blind and Other Stories (1911)

The Door in the Wall and Other Stories (1911)

Uncollected Short Stories


The Short Stories

List of Short Stories in Chronological Order

List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order


The Non-Fiction

Text-Book of Biology (1893)

Certain Personal Matters (1897)

Anticipations of the Reactions of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought (1901)

The Discovery of the Future (1902)

Mankind in the Making (1903)

Preface to ‘Underground Man’ (1905) by Gabriel Tarde

The Things that Live on Mars (1905)

The Future in America (1906)

This Misery of Boots (1907)

Socialism and the Family (1908)

New Worlds for Old (1908)

First and Last Things (1908)

Floor Games (1911)

Little Wars (1913)

The War that Will End War (1914)

An Englishman Looks at the World (1914)

Scientific War (1915)

What is Coming? (1916)

The Elements of Reconstruction (1916)

Introduction to ‘Nocturne’ (1917) by Frank Swinnerton

God the Invisible King (1917)

War and the Future (1917)

In the Fourth Year (1918)

The Importance of Being a Woman (1918)

The Idea of a League of Nations (1919)

The Outline of History (1920)

Russia in the Shadows (1920)

The New Teaching of History (1921)

The Salvaging of Civilization (1921)

Introduction to ‘The Pivot of Civilization’ (1922) by Margaret Sanger

A Short History of the World (1922)

Washington and the Hope of Peace (1922)

The Gifts of the New Sciences (1924)

The Story of a Great Schoolmaster (1924)

A Year of Prophesying (1925)

Mr. Belloc Objects to “The Outline of History” (1926)

Marxism vs. Liberalism (1934)

The Anatomy of Frustration (1936)

The Future of the Jews (1938)

World of Tomorrow (1939)

The Fate of Homo Sapiens (1939)

The Common Sense of War and Peace (1940)


The Criticism

Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants (1905) by G. K. Chesterton

H. G. Wells on the Rest of Us (1909) by George Bernard Shaw

H. G. Wells (1909) by Arnold Bennett

H. G. Wells (1915) by J. D. Beresford

Wells and the World State (1922) by G. K. Chesterton

Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown (1924) by Virginia Woolf

An Extract from ‘Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance’ (1924) by Ford Madox Ford

H. G. Wells: Dreaming for the World (1926) by Stuart Pratt Sherman

Mr. Belloc Still Objects to Mr. Wells’s “Outline of History” (1926) by Hilaire Belloc

Ratings and reviews

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Jesse Jackson
January 19, 2017
The H.G.Wells Anthology-finally an available version.Good to know!
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Kimberly Whittaker
October 9, 2018
Awesome deal on the collection. Wonderful stories
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