H.G. Wells Biographies
by J. D. Beresford
"J.D. Beresford's 1915 study on the early works of this classic British author presents insights on everything from The war of the worlds to The time machine to The invisible man -- and everything in between. Socialism, feminism, and politics are but a few of the areas Beresford explores in this remarkable piece of scholarship."
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Beresford, J. D. (2005). H.G. Wells. Rockville, MD: Wildside Press.
by H.G. Wells
In these volumes, Wells relates his early life, student days, struggles to make a living, ascent to literary supremacy, and later career as prophet of socialism.
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Wells, H. G. (2001). Experiment in autobiography: Vol. 1. London: House of Stratus.
by Antonina Vallentin; Daphne Woodward; Andrew Hunt Gordon Collection of H.G. Wells (University of Rochester)
Biography of the English man of letters with an analysis of his writings.
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Vallentin, A., & Woodward, D. (1950). H. G. Wells: Prophet of our day. New York: Day.
by Lovat Dickson
In-depth portrait of the English novelist, sociological writer and historian which focuses on his contributions to present-day moral and intellectual thought.
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Dickson, L. (1972). H.G. Wells: His turbulent life and times. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
by Frank Wells
Pictorial works of H.G. Wells. 101 pages, mainly of illustrations.
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Wells, F. (1977). H.G. Wells: A pictorial biography. London: Jupiter.
by Anthony West
The son of H.G. Wells and Rebecca West provides a biography of his father, chronicling the great English writer's rise to fame and fortune, his relationships with other famous people, and his numerous affairs
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West, A. (1985). H.G. Wells: Aspects of a life. New York: New American Library.
by John Batchelor
In this book John Batchelor offers a readable introduction to Wells's huge and varied output as a writer and thinker. He guides the reader through the whole oeuvre, and argues persuasively that at his best Wells was a great artist: a man with a remarkable, restless imagination (not limited, as many critics have implied, merely to his early romances) and with a coherent and responsible theory of fiction.
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Batchelor, J. (1985). H.G. Wells. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
by H G Wells; G P Wells
It is a great writer's true confession of the loves of his life, beginning in the 1930s when Wells was at the summit of fame having published The Invisible Man, Kipps, and The War of the Worlds. He saved his most private reflections for this, detailing his engagement in a series of romantic affairs, including his famous liaison with feminist author Rebecca West, twenty-six years his junior, and his second wife, Amy Catherine Robbins.
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Wells, H. G., & Wells, G. P. (1986). H.G. Wells in love. London: Faber.
by David C. Smith
David Smith's biography champions H. G. Wells as a public man. It pays long overdue attention to the last half of Wells's career when he exhibits at their purest what Smith sees as his supreme virtues: a steadfast faith in socialism, feminism, peace, and the world state; a generous willingness to contribute name, money, and work to a wide range of progressive causes; a moving loyalty to friends and lovers; and an unfailing optimism. For Smith, Wells's drafting The Declaration of the Rights of Man in the early 1940s constitutes his greatest accomplishment.
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Smith, D. C. (1988). H.G. Wells: Desperately mortal : A biography. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press.
Norman MacKenzie; Jeanne MacKenzie
A well-balanced biography of Wells. It also brings into good perspective the era and Wells's surroundings, colleagues and parents. It certainly does not skirt over his numerous love affairs - wife versus mistress. It also does portray a man driven to write.
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MacKenzie, N., MacKenzie, J., & MacKenzie, N. (1987). The life of H.G. Wells: The time traveller. London: Hogarth.
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