{"product_id":"the-time-machine-h-g-wells-paperback-2","title":"The Time Machine -- H. G. Wells, Paperback","description":"At a Victorian dinner party in Richmond, London, the Time Traveler returns to tell his extraordinary tale of mankind's future in the year 802,701 AD. It is a dystopian vision of Darwinian evolution, with humans split into an above-ground species of Eloi, and their troglodyte brothers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first book H. G. Wells published, \u003cem\u003eThe Time Machine\u003c\/em\u003e is a scientific romance that helped invent the genre of science fiction and the time travel story. Even before its serialization had finished in the spring of 1895, Wells had been declared a man of genius, and the book heralded a fifty year career of a major cultural and political controversialist. It is a sardonic rejection of Victorian ideals of progress and improvement and a detailed satirical commentary on the Decadent culture of the 1890's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition features a contextual introduction, detailed explanatory notes, and two essays Wells wrote just prior to the publication of his first book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. G. Wells\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198707516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoger Luckhurst\u003c\/strong\u003e has written widely on Victorian popular fiction, science fiction and Gothic literature. He has edited Stevenson's \u003cem\u003eStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde\u003c\/em\u003e, Stoker's \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e, and an anthology of \u003cem\u003eLate Victorian Gothic Tales\u003c\/em\u003e for Oxford World's Classics, and an edition of H. P. Lovecraft's \u003cem\u003eClassic Horror Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. His books include \u003cem\u003eThe Mummy's Curse: The True History of a Dark Fantasy\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford, 2012).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"H. G. Wells","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67514466140388,"sku":"9780198707516","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780198707516.jpg?v=1791532948","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-time-machine-h-g-wells-paperback-2","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}