H.G. Wells Novels Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions What are H.G. Wells' books about? H.G. Wells's books are about our own societies, technology, and the human condition but through the lens of science fiction. Although Wells sets his novels in the future or incorporates scientific...
DeCanio, Stephen J., 1994. "The Future Through Yesterday: Long-Term Forecasting in the Novels of H.G.Wells and JulesVerne," The Centennial Review, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Winter): 75-93.The Future Through Yesterday: Long-Term Forecasting in the Novels of H.G.Wells and - DeCanio -...
Born into the Church of Ireland, many of Johnston’s novels deal with the fading of the Protestant Anglo-Irish ascendancy in the 20th century. Johnston’s first published book, The Captains and the Kings (1972), is actually written after The Gates (1973). Both novels feature the Anglo-Iris...
Despite this, Yeats includes her novels With Essex in Ireland (1890) and Maelcho (1894) in his list of the best Irish novels. Lawless dies at Gomshall, a village in the borough of Guildford in Surrey, England, on October 19, 1913. Her papers are preserved in Marsh’s Library in ...