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About the Author

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Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, England, on September 21, 1866. His father was an unprosperous shop keeper, his mother a head housekeeper […]

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Overview

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The Time Machine is deservedly considered a science fiction classic. In it, Wells creates the intriguing world of the Morlocks and the Eloi, based on […]

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Setting

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Geographically the story is confined to a small area near the Thames River in South Kensington, a suburb of London; it is the shift in […]

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Themes and Characters

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The human Characters at the start of the story represent some of the types of people with whom Wells himself interacted. Each of these Characters-editor, […]

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Literary Qualities

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Wells once said that the challenge faced by a writer of scientific romances is to “trick” the reader into accepting some plausible assumption and then […]

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Social Sensitivity

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Wells’s theories of regressive evolution and his dissatisfaction with many of the social and economic factors of his own time contribute to the pessimistic tone […]

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Topics for Discussion

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1. At the beginning of the story, how does the time traveler explain what happens to the demonstration model of his time machine? How does […]

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Ideas for Reports and Papers

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1. Consider the physical aspects of Wells’s world of ad 802,701. Describe the land surface, waterways, climate, plants and animals, natural resources, and inhabitants as […]

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Related Titles and Adaptations

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Among the seven full-length scientific romances written by Wells, three others were nearly as popular as The Time Machine. The Invisible Man tells the story […]