H. G. Wells (Duke Classics)

✍ Wells, Herbert George 📂 Fiction 📅 2012 🏛 Duke Classics 🌐 English ⚖ 93 KB

H.G. Wells' 1897 science fiction novella *The Invisible Man* tells the story of a scientist named Griffin who theory is this: if the refractive index of a person's body is adjusted to exactly that of air, then his body will not absorb or reflect light and he will become invisible. Griffin subjects h

H. G. Wells (Duke Classics)

✍ Wells, Herbert George 📂 Fiction 📅 2012 🏛 Duke Classics 🌐 English ⚖ 93 KB

H.G. Wells' 1897 science fiction novella *The Invisible Man* tells the story of a scientist named Griffin who theory is this: if the refractive index of a person's body is adjusted to exactly that of air, then his body will not absorb or reflect light and he will become invisible. Griffin subjects h

H. G. Wells (Duke Classics)

✍ The War of the Worlds 📂 Fiction 🏛 Duke Classics 🌐 English ⚖ 112 KB

Causing mass hysteria as listeners of its 1938 radio broadcast believed a Martian invasion of Earth really was taking place, H. G. Wells' *The War of the Worlds* is perhaps the most famous novel of its genre. This 1898 story has spawned films, radio and television series and comic-book adaptions, an

H. G. Wells (Duke Classics)

✍ In the Days of the Comet 📂 Fiction 🏛 Duke Classics 🌐 English ⚖ 152 KB

H. G. Wells, in his 1906 *In the Days of the Comet* uses the vapors of a comet to trigger a deep and lasting change in humanity's perspective on themselves and the world. In the build-up to a great war, poor student William Leadford struggles against the harsh conditions the lower-class live under.

H. G. Wells (Duke Classics)

✍ The War of the Worlds 📂 Fiction 🏛 Duke Classics 🌐 English ⚖ 112 KB

Causing mass hysteria as listeners of its 1938 radio broadcast believed a Martian invasion of Earth really was taking place, H. G. Wells' *The War of the Worlds* is perhaps the most famous novel of its genre. This 1898 story has spawned films, radio and television series and comic-book adaptions, an

H. G. Wells (Duke Classics)

✍ In the Days of the Comet 📂 Fiction 🏛 Duke Classics 🌐 English ⚖ 152 KB

H. G. Wells, in his 1906 *In the Days of the Comet* uses the vapors of a comet to trigger a deep and lasting change in humanity's perspective on themselves and the world. In the build-up to a great war, poor student William Leadford struggles against the harsh conditions the lower-class live under.

H. G. Wells (Duke Classics)

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