H G Wells: 909 books

"The Plattner Story and Others" contains seventeen short stories by H. G. Wells. It presents the readers with a variety of classic Wells tales including, "The Plattner Story", a tale of multiple dimensions of time and space; "The Apple and Purple Pileus", a wonderful example of vintage sci-fi, and...

This is H. G. Wells' 1924 biography of Frederick William Sanderson, “The Story of a Great Schoolmaster”. Frederick William Sanderson (1857 – 1922) was the headmaster at Oundle School between 1892–1922 and was a an esteemed reformer of education at Oundle and Dulwich College. Wells was a close...

This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Hamlet (Shakespeare) Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare) Macbeth (Shakespeare) Paradise Lost (John Milton) Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift) Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe) The History of...

“The Wild Asses of the Devil” is a novella by H. G. Wells, first published in 1915. Herbert George Wells (1866 – 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions...

"The Red Room" is a short story written by H. G. Wells. First published in the 1896 edition of “The Idler” magazine, it is a quintessentially Gothic tale about a man who spends a night in a supposedly haunted room in Lorraine Castle in an attempt to disprove the legends surrounding it....

This volume contains H. G. Wells' 1921 work, “The Grisly Folk”. It concerns itself with the concept of Neanderthals, exploring their differences to our ancestors, the time when they existed, their use of tools, the supposed inevitability of their meeting the earliest men, and what might have happened...

This vintage book contains H. G. Wells' 1903 short story, “The Land Ironclads”. It was first published in the “Strand Magazine” and features "land ironclads," 100-foot-long war machines that are equipped with remotely controlled guns and are designed to house riflemen, engineers,...

"The Chronic Argonauts" is a short story written by H. G. Wells. First published by the Royal College of Science in 1888, it predates Wells's more famous time travelling novel, The Time Machine, by seven years. Although Wells is generally credited with the popularisation of the concept of...

“Ugh-Lomi and the Cave Bear” is a short story by H. G. Wells. It is presented as a parable and concerns the first meeting between the Great Bears, who are the Lords of the Rocks and Caves, and Man. Herbert George Wells (1866 – 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres,...

H. G. Wells' “The First Horseman” is a short story first published in “The Idler” in July, 1897 as part of “A Story Of The Stone Age”. An intriguing page-turner, this short story is highly recommended for all lovers of the form and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Wells' seminal...

This is a biology textbook written by H. G. Wells and first published in 1892. This book is volume one of two. It was later reworked by A. M. Davies in 1898 under the title "Text-book of Zoology", then revised and rewritten by J. T. Cunningham about 1909 and W. H. Leigh-Sharpe around 1932....

“You Can't Be Too Careful” is a novel written by H. G. Wells and first published in 1941. Herbert George Wells (1866 – 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for...

The delightful story of creative play with miniature figures and magical worlds on the nursery floor is brought back to life in this reprint of a historical work. Written for his sons in 1911, Wells's story immerses the reader in a tale where possibilities are the given and surprises the fact. It...

“Ugh-Lomi and Uya” is a short story by H. G. Wells set in 'a time beyond the memory of man, before the beginning of history... when one might have walked dryshod from France (as we call it now) to England.” A thought-provoking parable concerning the dawn of man, “Ugh-Lomi and Uya” is not...