One of Wells's most carefully planned and meticulously written books, containing certain broad autobiographical elements, this is the story of George Lewisham--a young man who sees himself on the brink of dazzling academic achievement. Then he falls in love with Ethel Chaffery and is made to realize that the world is a more tormenting place than he had ever supposed.
A hundred years ago, novelist H.G. Wells predicted that science would be "king of the world." Titanic's Jack Dawson may take issue with that claim, but he’d have a tough time disputing the compelling influence Wells had on politics, society, and the future that extended far beyond the literary realm. Considering Wells is one the founding fathers of sci-fi (along with Jules Verne and Edgar Rice Burroughs) and the author of The Time Machine, The Invisible man, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The War of the Worlds, that's saying something.