H.G. WELLS AND THE TİME MACHİNE

Yıl 1988, Sayı: 16, 1 - 15, 01.03.2024

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Öz

Herbert George Wells was born on Sept. 2İst 1866 at Bromley, Kent and died in London, August 13.1946. His father Joseph Wells, kept a small haıdvvare shop and was an enthusiastic proffessional cricketer. His mother, whose maiden name was Neal, had been in domestic Services at nearby State of Uppark (Bladesover in Tono Bungay). The family’s income was scatce, barely sufficient to keep them above the poverty üne. From his father young Herbert George (Bertie as he was called) had inherited a taste for reading which he wcs able to indulge freely at the local literary institude and lending library. He was sent to an establishment called Morley’s Academy after he had attended to a local cottage school, but his real education came from omnivarious reading, a habit formed in 1874 while he was laid up for some months with a broken leg.

Anahtar Kelimeler

H.G. WELLS, ZAMAN MAKİNASI, EDEBİYAT

Kaynakça

• Ray, N. Gordon ”H.G. Wells” Encyclopaedia Americana. Bowen, Elizabeth English Novelists (William Collins, London, 1942.