Author:Herbert George Wells

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H. G. Wells
(1866–1946)

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British writer best known for his science fiction novels, he was arguably one of the most prolific writers in the history of literature, and wrote works in nearly every genre, including short stories and nonfiction. Pen name: H. G. Wells
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H. G. Wells

Works

Scans

Novels

The Time Machine (1895) (British edition: (transcription project))
The Wonderful Visit (1895)
The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896)
The Wheels of Chance (1896) (transcription project)
The Invisible Man (1897) (online view: magazine version 1897)
The War of the Worlds (1898) (originally serialized 1897)
Love and Mr. Lewisham (1899) 2nd ed. (transcription project)
When the Sleeper Wakes (1899)
The First Men in the Moon (1901)
The Sea Lady (1902) (transcription project)
Mankind in the Making (1904) (transcription project)
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904) (transcription project)
Kipps (1905)
A Modern Utopia (1905) (transcription project) (Atlantic Edition) (transcription project)
In the Days of the Comet (1906) (transcription project)
The War in the Air (1908)
Tono-Bungay (1909) (transcription project)
Ann Veronica (1909) (transcription project)
The Sleeper Awakes (1899, rewritten 1910)
The History of Mr. Polly (1910) (transcription project)
The New Machiavelli (1911) (transcription project)
Marriage (1912) (transcription project)
The Passionate Friends (1913) (transcription project)
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914) (transcription project)
The World Set Free (1914)
Bealby: A Holiday (1915) (transcription project)
Boon (1915) (as Reginald Bliss) (transcription project) (Atlantic Edition) (transcription project)
The Research Magnificent (1915) (transcription project)
Mr Britling Sees It Through (1916) (transcription project)
The Soul of a Bishop (1917)
Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education (1918)
The Undying Fire (1919) (transcription project) (Atlantic Edition} (transcription project)
The Secret Places of the Heart (1922) (transcription project)
Men Like Gods (1923) (transcription project)
The Dream (1924) (transcription project)
Christina Alberta's Father (1925)
The World of William Clissold (1926) (transcription project)
Meanwhile (1927) Likely In Copyright
Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island (1928) Likely In Copyright
The Autocracy of Mr. Parham (1930) Likely In Copyright (Project Gutenberg (Au))
The Bulpington of Blup (1932) Likely In Copyright
The Shape of Things to Come (1933) Likely In Copyright (Project Gutenberg (Au))
The Croquet Player (1936) Likely In Copyright
Brynhild (1937) Likely In Copyright
Star Begotten (1937) Likely In Copyright
The Camford Visitation (1937), novella Likely In Copyright
Apropos of Dolores (1938) Likely In Copyright
The Brothers (1938) Likely In Copyright
The Holy Terror (1939) Likely In Copyright
Babes in the Darkling Wood (1940) Likely In Copyright
All Aboard for Ararat (1940) Likely In Copyright
You Can't Be Too Careful (1941) Likely In Copyright

Short stories

Æpyornis Island (1894)
"The Apple", in Short Stories magazine, October 1896
The Beautiful Suit (also called A Moonlight Fable) (1909)
The Chronic Argonauts (1888)
The Cone (1895)
The Country of the Blind (1911)
The Crystal Egg (1897)
A Deal in Ostriches (1894)
The Devotee Of Art (1888)
The Diamond Maker (1894)
The Discovery of the Future (1902) (transcription project)
The Door in the Wall (1906)
A Dream of Armageddon (1901) (transcription project)
The Empire of the Ants (1905)
A Family Elopement (1884)
The Flowering of the Strange Orchid (1894)
The Flying Man (1893)
Filmer (1901)
In the Avu Observatory (1894)
In the Days of the Comet (pre-1907) (transcription project)
The Jilting of Jane (1894)
Jimmy Goggles the God (1898)
The Lamias (1889)
The Lord of the Dynamos (1894)
The Magic Shop (1903)
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1898)
Miss Winchelsea's Heart (1898) (transcription project)
A Moth—Genus Novo (1895)
Mr. Brisher's Treasure (1899)
Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation (1898)
Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland (1901)
The New Accelerator (1901)
The Obliterated Man (1895)
The Plattner Story (1896)
The Purple Pileus (1896)
The Red Room (1896) (transcription project)
The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes (1895)
The Sea Raiders (1896)
A Slip Under the Microscope (1896) (transcription project)
The Star (1897) (transcription project)
The Stolen Bacillus (1895)
The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost (1902)
The Stolen Body (1927)
The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham (1896)
A Tale of the Twentieth Century. For Advanced Thinkers (1887)
The Temptation of Harringay (1895)
Through a Window (1894)
The Treasure in the Forest (1894)
The Truth About Pyecraft (1903)
The Triumphs of a Taxidermist (1894)
Under the Knife (1896)
The Valley of Spiders (1909) (transcription project)
A Vision of the Past (1987)
A Vision of Judgment (1927) (transcription project)
Walcote (1989)

Short story collections

The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (1895)
Thirty Strange Stories (1897)
The Plattner Story and Others (1897) (transcription project)
Certain Personal Matters (1897) (Project Gutenberg (Au))
Tales of Space and Time (1899)
Twelve Stories and a Dream (1903) (transcription project)
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories (1911) (transcription project)
The Door in the Wall and Other Stories (1911)
An Englishman Looks at the World (1914)
The Short Stories of H.G. Wells (1927)

Other

Zoological Retrogression (1891)
Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences (1895) (transcription project)
Anticipations (1902) (external scan) (transcription project)
The Misery of Boots (1907) (transcription project)
New Worlds for Old (1908)
Will Socialism Destroy the Home? (pre-1909)
"The Grisly Folk and Their War With Men", (Saturday Evening Post, Jan 21, 1911) article
The Salvaging of Civilization Saturday Evening Post (transcription project) (Project Gutenberg (Au))
Socialism and the great state (1912) (transcription project)
Floor Games (pre-1913)
Little Wars (1913)
"Heroic Airmen Are Key To Victory" (Daily Mail, 9 August 1918) article
What is Coming (1918)
Washington and the Riddle of Peace (1922)
Outline of History (external scan) (1920 (transcription volumes: Vol 1, Vol 2))
A Short History of the World (external scan)
Mankind in the Making (Project Gutenberg (Au))
A Modern Utopia (1905) (transcription project)
1934 Interview with Joseph Stalin
Crux Ansata (An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church) (1943) (external scan) and (external scan)

The Works of H. G. Wells (Atlantic Edition)

Volume 1 (1924)
- A General Introduction to the Atlantic Edition
- Preface to Volume I
- The Time Machine
- The Wonderful Visit
- Other Early Fantastic Stories
Volume 2 (1924)
- Preface to Volume II
- The Island of Doctor Moreau
- The Sleeper Awakes
Volume 3 (1924)
- Preface
- The Invisible Man
- The War of the Worlds
- A Dream of Armageddon
Volume 4 (1924)
- Preface
- Anticipations
- Locomotion and Administration
- The Problem of the Birth Supply
- The Case for Republicanism
- Thought in the Modern State
- The Discovery of the Future
- This Misery of Boots
Volume 5 (1924) (transcription project)
Volume 6 (1924) (transcription project)
Volume 7 (1924) (transcription project)
Volume 8 (1925) (transcription project)
Volume 9 (1925) (transcription project)
Volume 10 (1925) (transcription project)
Volume 11 (1925) (transcription project)
Volume 12 (1925) (transcription project)
Volume 13 (1925) (transcription project)
Volume 14 (1925) (transcription project)
Volume 15 (1925) (transcription project)
Volume 16 (1926)
Volume 17 (1926)
Volume 18 (1926)
Volume 19 (1926) (transcription project)
Volume 20 (1926)
Volume 21 (1926)
Volume 22 (1927) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2023
Volume 23 (1927) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2023
Volume 24 (1927) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2023
Volume 25 (1927) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2023
Volume 26 (1927) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2023
Volume 27 (1927) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2023
Volume 28 (1927) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2023

Works about Wells

"Wells, Herbert George, B.Sc.," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Wells, Herbert George," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Wells, Herbert George," in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)
"Wells, Hitler and the World State" (1941) by George Orwell
"Wells, Herbert George," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)

Parodies of Wells

The Defossilized Plum-Pudding by Max Beerbohm
General Cessation Day by Max Beerbohm
Perkins and Mankind by Max Beerbohm

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.

The author died in 1946, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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