Titlebook: H G Wells; A Literary Life Adam Roberts Book 2019 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Natu

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Short Fiction,An account of the short stories and short-form science fiction Wells wrote in the 1890s, including complete accounts of the collections . (1895), . (1895), . (1897), . (1899) and . (1911) with a detailed critical discussion of the title story from this last collection.

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Science Fiction,Discusses Wells’s first novel-length science fiction tales, the seminal time-travel novella . (1895), the angel fantasy . (1895) and . (1896).

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Bicycles and Tripods,A detailed reading of two of Wells’s cycling adventure story . (1896) and two of the most influential science fiction novels ever written: . (1897); . (1898).

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A New Century,This chapter covers the first years of Wells’s international fame; his health, his decision to build a house for himself at Sandgate and critical accounts of the influential dystopia . (1899), the semi-autobiographical comic novel . (1900) and the parodic science fiction of . (1901).

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Kipps: A Study in Artistry,This chapter is entirely given over to a critical close-reading of Wells’s 1905 masterpiece ., repudiating previous claims that it is shapeless by proposing a formal account of its remarkable literary qualities.

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Socialism and America,Wells’s engagement with the nascent Fabian movement and his public advocacy of socialism is discussed, together with accounts of the various non-fiction publications of this period: . (1906); . (1907); . (1907) and . (1908). The chapter ends with a discussion of the science fiction prophesy of . (1908).

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(1909),This chapter is entirely given over to a detailed critical discussion of one of Wells’s greatest novels: . (1909).