H. G. Wells: Best Novels (The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau, etc) E-Book

H G Wells

• Herausgeber: BHP
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) — known as H. G. Wells — was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels, and Wells is called a father of science fiction.His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

The Time Machine

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

EPILOGUE

The Island of Doctor Moreau

INTRODUCTION.

I. IN THE DINGEY OF THE “LADY VAIN.”

II. THE MAN WHO WAS GOING NOWHERE.

III. THE STRANGE FACE.

IV. AT THE SCHOONER'S RAIL.

V. THE MAN WHO HAD NOWHERE TO GO.

VI. THE EVIL-LOOKING BOATMEN.

VII. THE LOCKED DOOR.

VIII. THE CRYING OF THE PUMA.

IX. THE THING IN THE FOREST.

X. THE CRYING OF THE MAN.

XI. THE HUNTING OF THE MAN.

XII. THE SAYERS OF THE LAW.

XIII. A PARLEY.

XIV. DOCTOR MOREAU EXPLAINS.

XV. CONCERNING THE BEAST FOLK.

XVI. HOW THE BEAST FOLK TASTE BLOOD.

XVII. A CATASTROPHE.

XVIII. THE FINDING OF MOREAU.

XIX. MONTGOMERY'S “BANK HOLIDAY.”

XX. ALONE WITH THE BEAST FOLK.

XXI. THE REVERSION OF THE BEAST FOLK.

XXII. THE MAN ALONE.

The Invisible Man

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVII

CHAPTER XVIII

CHAPTER XIX

CHAPTER XX

CHAPTER XXI

CHAPTER XXII

CHAPTER XXIII

CHAPTER XXIV

CHAPTER XXV

CHAPTER XXVI

CHAPTER XXVII

CHAPTER XXVIII

THE EPILOGUE

The War of the Worlds

BOOK ONE THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER TWELVE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

BOOK TWO THE EARTH UNDER THE MARTIANS

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

THE EPILOGUE

When the Sleeper Wakes

CHAPTER I. INSOMNIA

CHAPTER II. THE TRANCE

CHAPTER III. THE AWAKENING

CHAPTER IV. THE SOUND OF A TUMULT

CHAPTER V. THE MOVING WAYS

CHAPTER VI. THE HALL OF THE ATLAS

CHAPTER VII. IN THE SILENT ROOMS

CHAPTER VIII. THE ROOF SPACES

CHAPTER IX. THE PEOPLE MARCH

CHAPTER X. THE BATTLE OF THE DARKNESS

CHAPTER XI. THE OLD MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING

CHAPTER XII. OSTROG

CHAPTER XIII. THE END OF THE OLD ORDER

CHAPTER XIV. FROM THE CROW'S NEST

CHAPTER XV. PROMINENT PEOPLE

CHAPTER XVI. THE AEROPHILE

CHAPTER XVII. THREE DAYS

CHAPTER XVIII. GRAHAM REMEMBERS

CHAPTER XIX. OSTROG'S POINT OF VIEW

CHAPTER XX. IN THE CITY WAYS

CHAPTER XXI. THE UNDER SIDE

CHAPTER XXII. THE STRUGGLE IN THE COUNCIL HOUSE

CHAPTER XXIII. WHILE THE AEROPLANES WERE COMING

CHAPTER XXIV. THE COMING OF THE AEROPLANES\

The First Men in the Moon

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

The Food of the Gods

BOOK I.

CHAPTER THE FIRST.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

CHAPTER THE SECOND.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

CHAPTER THE THIRD.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

CHAPTER THE FOURTH.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

CHAPTER THE FIFTH.

I.

II.

III.

BOOK II

CHAPTER THE FIRST.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

CHAPTER THE SECOND.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

BOOK III.

CHAPTER THE FIRST.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

CHAPTER THE SECOND.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

CHAPTER THE THIRD.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

CHAPTER THE FOURTH.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

CHAPTER THE FIFTH.

I.

II.

III.

THE END

In the Days of the Comet

PROLOGUE

THE MAN WHO WROTE IN THE TOWER

BOOK THE FIRST

THE COMET

CHAPTER THE FIRST

DUST IN THE SHADOWS

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

CHAPTER THE SECOND

NETTIE

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

CHAPTER THE THIRD

THE REVOLVER

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

CHAPTER THE FOURTH

WAR

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

CHAPTER THE FIFTH

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

BOOK THE SECOND

CHAPTER THE FIRST

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

CHAPTER THE SECOND

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

CHAPTER THE THIRD

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

BOOK THE THIRD

CHAPTER THE FIRST

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

CHAPTER THE SECOND

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

CHAPTER THE THIRD

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

THE EPILOGUE

The Time Machine

by H. G. Wells [1898]

I

The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated. The fire burned brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses. Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere when thought roams gracefully free of the trammels of precision. And he put it to us in this way—marking the points with a lean forefinger—as we sat and lazily admired his earnestness over this new paradox (as we thought it) and his fecundity.

'You must follow me carefully. I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted. The geometry, for instance, they taught you at school is founded on a misconception.'

'Is not that rather a large thing to expect us to begin upon?' said Filby, an argumentative person with red hair.

'I do not mean to ask you to accept anything without reasonable ground for it. You will soon admit as much as I need from you. You know of course that a mathematical line, a line of thickness nil, has no real existence. They taught you that? Neither has a mathematical plane. These things are mere abstractions.'

'That is all right,' said the Psychologist.

'Nor, having only length, breadth, and thickness, can a cube have a real existence.'

'There I object,' said Filby. 'Of course a solid body may exist. All real things—'

'So most people think. But wait a moment. Can an instantaneous cube exist?'

'Don't follow you,' said Filby.

'Can a cube that does not last for any time at all, have a real existence?'

Filby became pensive. 'Clearly,' the Time Traveller proceeded, 'any real body must have extension in four directions: it must have Length, Breadth, Thickness, and—Duration. But through a natural infirmity of the flesh, which I will explain to you in a moment, we incline to overlook this fact. There are really four dimensions, three which we call the three planes of Space, and a fourth, Time. There is, however, a tendency to draw an unreal distinction between the former three dimensions and the latter, because it happens that our consciousness moves intermittently in one direction along the latter from the beginning to the end of our lives.'