H. G. Wells Forfatter
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The First Men in the Moon (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent- minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity.
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A Modern Utopia (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
While walking in the Swiss Alps, two English travellers fall into a space-warp, and suddenly find themselves in another world.
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The Island of Dr Moreau: Annotated Edition (Alma Classics Evergreens) (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Shocking and suffused with contemporary fears regarding the morality of the latest advances in science and their possible implications for religion, The Island of Dr Moreau, here presented with extra material, is both a ruthless social satire and an exploration of human nature.
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The Time Machine (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A new SF Masterwork edition of H. G. Wells' classic time-travel story, with an introduction by Gwyneth Jones.
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The History of Mr Polly (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Mr Polly is an ordinary middle-aged man who is tired of his wife's nagging and his dreary job as the owner of a regional gentleman's outfitters. Faced with the threat of... Læs mere
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The Invisible Man (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
With his face swaddled in bandages, his eyes hidden behind dark glasses and his hands covered even indoors, Griffin the new guest at The Coach and Horses is at first assumed to be a shy accident-victim.
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The Time Machine and Other Works (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Contains: The Time Machine; When The Sleeper Awakes; The Chronic Argonauts. In these 'scientific romances' H. G. Wells sees the present reflected in the future and the future in the present; his aim is to provoke rather than predict.
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The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
One night in the depths of winter, a bizarre and sinister stranger wrapped in bandages and eccentric clothing arrives in a remote English village. In this pioneering novella, Wells combines comedy, both farcical and satirical, and tragedy - to superbly unsettling effect.
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The Last Books of H.G. Wells: The Happy Turning: A Dream of Life & Mind at the End of its Tether (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)Levering: Skaffevare (forvent 14 - 30 hverdage)
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Ann Veronica (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Twenty-one, passionate and headstrong, Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to live her own life. When her father forbids her from attending a fashionable Ball, she decides she has no choice but to leave her family home and make a fresh start in London.
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The Island of Doctor Moreau (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Adrift in a dinghy, Edward Prendick, the single survivor from the good ship Lady Vain, is rescued by a vessel carrying a profoundly unusual cargo - a menagerie of savage animals.
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Love and Mr Lewisham (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Young, impoverished and ambitious, science student Mr Lewisham is locked in a struggle to further himself through academic achievement. But when his former sweetheart, Ethel... Læs mere
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