Select Conversations With an Uncle (Now Extinct)

by H. G. Wells

Overview

Wells' first literary work (preceded only by two scientific texts). These fourteen pieces had all appeared in "The Pall Mall Gazette" in 1893-94, while Wells had bee n a drama critic on that publication's staff; he used a "bombastic old fraud" of an "Uncle" character to expound his opinions on a variety of social matters. "The best of the pieces involve fashionable conversation, how to listen to social music, the problems of the newly married, riding a tricycle (as opposed to a bicycle which was much less dignified)." [Smith]. SELECT CONVERSATIONS, published in June 1895, heralded Wells' explosion onto the literary scene: THE TIME MACHINE was published one day later, followed by THE WONDERFUL VISIT in September and THE STOLEN BACILLUS in November.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012453914
Publisher:	Solomon Publishing
Publication date:	04/24/2011
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About the Author

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books. Together with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback, Wells has been referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction".

Wells was an outspoken socialist and sympathetic to pacifist views, although he supported the First World War once it was under way, and his later works became increasingly political and didactic. His middle-period novels (1900–1920) were less science-fictional; they covered lower-middle class life (The History of Mr Polly) and the "New Woman" and the Suffragettes (Ann Veronica).

Date of Birth:

September 21, 1866

Date of Death:

August 13, 1946

Place of Birth:

Bromley, Kent, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Normal School of Science, London, England