Chosen Book Biography:
H.G. Wells was brought into the world on September 21, 1866 in Bromley, England and left it August 1, 1946. He was a sickly boy who had a great love for reading and two loving parents who were worried he’d pass away young like his sister.
Wells grew up on the line of poverty. His education was inadequate for the man he was at the age of 14, but he continued on and soon became an apprentice draper but was soon dismissed to the dismay of his mother. Wells tried teaching and at 18 won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science where he delved deeper into the different sciences such as physics, chemistry, astronomy, biology, and many other subjects.He graduated from London University in 1888 and became a science teacher while trying to fight a period of bad health and financial trouble. The financial trouble came from his first wife Isabel (his cousin), but the marriage soon dissolved when he ran away with Amy Catherine who became his second wife in 1895.
Well’s first published book was a Textbook of BIology in 1893 and his first novel the Time Machine in 1895. The Time Machine was an immediate success that foreshadowed his future achievements. Through his writing, Wells acquired the title of a prophet because some of his stories mimicked future military developments; his imagination was great and continued on with his work with a concern for society that broke out into science fiction and satire. His later novels are mainly of social and political themes, and his views on human progress were greatly shaken by World War I. In response to the war, he put out the view that man can only progress if they adapt to the circumstance and continued to write novels based on his beliefs, and eventually returned his humor in his Experiment in Autobiography.
Well’s liberal optimism that preceded World War I was vivid and bright, and no other novelist could compare to the energy and adventurousness of this period of time. Wells had a great influence on his own generation and its successor. Though hasty and short-tempered, Wells would fight for social equality, world peace, and anything he considered to the future good of humanity.
Wells grew up on the line of poverty. His education was inadequate for the man he was at the age of 14, but he continued on and soon became an apprentice draper but was soon dismissed to the dismay of his mother. Wells tried teaching and at 18 won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science where he delved deeper into the different sciences such as physics, chemistry, astronomy, biology, and many other subjects.He graduated from London University in 1888 and became a science teacher while trying to fight a period of bad health and financial trouble. The financial trouble came from his first wife Isabel (his cousin), but the marriage soon dissolved when he ran away with Amy Catherine who became his second wife in 1895.
Well’s first published book was a Textbook of BIology in 1893 and his first novel the Time Machine in 1895. The Time Machine was an immediate success that foreshadowed his future achievements. Through his writing, Wells acquired the title of a prophet because some of his stories mimicked future military developments; his imagination was great and continued on with his work with a concern for society that broke out into science fiction and satire. His later novels are mainly of social and political themes, and his views on human progress were greatly shaken by World War I. In response to the war, he put out the view that man can only progress if they adapt to the circumstance and continued to write novels based on his beliefs, and eventually returned his humor in his Experiment in Autobiography.
Well’s liberal optimism that preceded World War I was vivid and bright, and no other novelist could compare to the energy and adventurousness of this period of time. Wells had a great influence on his own generation and its successor. Though hasty and short-tempered, Wells would fight for social equality, world peace, and anything he considered to the future good of humanity.