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Author Tomalin, Claire, author.

Title The young H.G. Wells : changing the world / Claire Tomalin.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Press, 2021.
©2021.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B WELLS, H.G.    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B WELLS    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO WELLS    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  823.912 TOMALIN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 WELLS, H.G.    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  823.912 WELLS    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Biographies  B WELLS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B WELLS H.G. T    Check Shelf
Description xii, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm.
Contents Two accidents -- "What else can you do?" -- Uppark -- "A bright run of luck" -- Blood -- "For a young man to marry ..." -- More blood -- The Time Machine -- "Uncommonly cheerful and hopeful" -- A house by the sea -- Fabian friends -- Joining the club -- Pressure -- America in 1906 -- Webb and Wells -- Amberissima -- Heroines -- Tono-Bungay -- Friends and enemies -- "I warned both hands before the fire of life."
Summary The acclaimed literary biographer looks at the early life of influential writer and public figure H.G. Wells, from his school days and his emergence as writer of extraordinary depth to the publication of The Time Machine.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-237) and index.
Subject Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, English.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary Figures.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Science Fiction & Fantasy.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain -- 20th Century.
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. (OCoLC)fst00037177
Novelists, English. (OCoLC)fst01039718
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Biography.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biographies.
ISBN 9781984879028 (hardcover)
1984879022 (hardcover)
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