The Major Works of H. G. Wells 1895 - Select Conversations of an Uncle - The Stolen Bacillus and Other Stories - The Time Machine:  An Invention - The Wonderful Visit 1896 - The Island of Dr. Moreau - The Wheels of Chance 1897 - Certain Personalities - The Invisible Man - The Plattner Story and Other Stories 1898 - The War of the World 1899 - Tales of Space and Time - When the Sleeper Wakes 1900 - Love and Mr. Lewisham 1901 - Anticipations - The First Men on the Moon 1902 - The Sea Lady 1903 - Mankind in the Making - Twelve Stories and a Dream 1904 - The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 1905 - Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul - A Modern Utopia 1906 - In the Days of the Comet - The Future in America 1907 - The Misery of Boots 1908 - First and Last Things - New Worlds of Old - Socialism and the Family - The War in the Air 1909 - Ann Veronica - Tono-Bungay 1910 - The History of Mr. Polly 1911 - Floor Games for Children - The New Machiavelli 1912 - Marriage 1913 - Little Wars:  A Floor Game Book - The Passionate Friends 1914 - An Englishman Looks at the World - The Wife or Sir Isaac Harman - The World Set Free 1915 - Bealby: A Holiday - Boon:  The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump - The Research Magnificent 1916 - The Elements of Reconstruction - Mr. Britling Sees It Through - What is Coming? 1917 - God: The Invisible King - Italy, France, and Britain at War - The Soul of a Bishop - War and the Future 1918 - In the Fourth Year:  Anticipation of a World Peace - Joan and Peter:  The Story of an Education 1919 - The Undying Fire 1920 - Frank Swinnerton - The Outline of History - Russia in the Shadows 1921 - The Salvaging of Civilization 1922 - The Secret Places of the Heart - A Short History of the World - Washington and the Riddle of Peace 1923 - Men Like Gods 1924 - The Dream - The Story of a Great Schoolmaster - A Year of Prophesying 1925 - Christina Alberta's Father 1926 - Mr. Belloc Objects to the Outline of History - The World of William Clissold 1927 - Democracy Under Revision - Meanwhile (The Picture of a Lady) 1928 - The Book of Catherine Wells - Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island - The Open Conspiracy 1929 - The King Who Was a King - The Science of Life 1930 - The Autocracy of Mr. Parham 1932 - The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind 1933 - The Bulpington of Blup - The Shape of Things to Come 1934 - Experiment in Autobiography:  Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain 1935 - The New America, the New World 1936 - The Anatomy of Frustration:  A Modern Synthesis - The Croquet Player - The Man Who Could Work Miracles (film) - Treasure in the Forest 1937 - The Brothers - Brynahild:  or, The Show of Things - The Camford Visitation - Star-Begotten: A Biological Fantasia 1938 - Apropos of Dolores - World Brain 1939 - The Adventures of Tommy - The Dictator - The Fate of Homo Sapiens - The Holy Terror 1940 - All Aboard for Ararat - Babes in the Darkling Wood - The New World Order 1941 - Guide to the New World - You Can't Be Too Careful 1942 - The Conquest of Time - The Outlook for Homo Sapiens - Phoenix - Science and the World-Mind 1944 - Crux Ansata:  An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church - '42 to '44:  A Contemporary Memoir Upon Human Behaviour During the Crisis of the World Revolution 1945 - The Happy Turning: A Dream of Life 1946 - Mind at the End of Its Tether Descriptions The Time Machine A brilliant scientist builds a machine that can travel through time.  The man uses the machine to travel into the future where the world is a very different place.  He struggles to regain his time machine after it was stolen by a humanoid race called the Morlocks. Back The Island of Dr. Moreau The Island of Dr. Moreau is about a genius scientist who has lost his sense of humanity.  He lives on an uninhabited island where he creates monsters that are animals but human in shape.  A shipwreck happens near by and the people on board come to the island were they are horrified to find these man-beasts. Back The Wheels of Chance The story of a shop assistant who goes on a bicycle ride and saves a damsel in distress. Back The Invisible Man The tale of a brilliant young physicist named Griffin who turns himself invisible.  Griffin has a growing apathy and cares nothing for the people around him. He wishes to use his powers for personal gain and to terrify the public. Back The War of the Worlds The story follows a man's adventures as England is invaded by Martians. The Martians use impressive war machines and weapons that are no-match for their human enemies. Back When the Sleeper Wakes A man awakes after 200 years and finds that due to accumulated wealth he rules the world. The world itself is a futuristic wonderland with television, airplanes flying over the ocean four times a day and many other such inventions. Underground there are workers who are uneducated and inarticulate. A man named Ostrog exploits the sleeper but the sleeper finds out and tries to save the world from Ostrog. Back Love and Mr. Lewisham The story of a scientist who has to deal with the demands of everyday life. Back Anticipations Outlines the effects that mechanical and scientific progress would have on society in the future. Back The Sea Lady In this story Miss Waters, who has a fish tail, attracts an ambitious young politician. The politician is so taken that he gives up his social aspirations, his career, and his feanca for her. Back A Modern Utopia This book is about society in the future which is protected by "The Order of the Samurai". Back First and Last Things This story tells of an immense war that would brings mass destruction to the cities of the world. Back New Worlds for Old A story of a modern utopia governed as a police state. Each citizen has an appointed place in society and must inform the police of their comings and goings. Back The War in the Air A character, Prince Karl Albert, plans to conquer the world by using dirigibles build in secret to launch a surprise attack on the world. Albert succeeds in starting a war and even goes as far as to try and battle the United States. The world is thrust into a huge conflict where many people die and cities are destroyed. Back Ann Veronica The story of Ann Veronica, who fights for and gets the man that she wants. She does this by breaking up his loveless marriage. In the process she ruins her career, defies the society and becomes poor. The story ends happily with the two getting married and thus climes out of poverty. Back Tono-Bungay The main character, George Ponderevo, is a young scientist who wants to earn his education but runs into many difficulties along the way. His family causes one such difficulty when his uncle files for bankruptcy causing him to lose his lab. Back Marriage Basically this is a "fresh" version of Love and Mr. Lewisham. Back The Passionate Friends It is the story of a woman that did not have the courage to pursue her life and her love. The woman thought that she could keep the advantages of wealth without giving up her independence. She found no solution to her problems except in adultery. Back The Wife of Sir Isacc Harmon The story describes "an innocent, penniless girl who is faced with the physical facts of love and the temptations of cheap romanticism". (Antonia 176) Back The World Set Free The World Set Free is a story about a sudden Central European attack on the Slav Confederation. France and Great Britain are both drawn into the conflict. Back Mr. Britling Sees It Through Mr. Britling Sees It Through is a running commentary on life in England during World War One. Back The Soul of a Bishop A man who grows up with a simple faith becomes a bishop. The society that this bishop becomes a part of causes him to rethink his god and how he works. Back In the Fourth Year A booklet that H. G. Wells created, in earnest, that attacks the principle of national sovereignty. Wells calls for the League of Free Nations to put an end to German, British, and French imperialism. Back The Undying Fire A modern adaptation of the book of Job. Back Christina Alberta's Father Essentially it is a revision of Ann Veronica. Back Back to Top Copyright 2000 Roman Allemann