Literary Qualities
Wells once said that the challenge faced by a writer of scientific romances is to “trick” the reader into accepting some plausible assumption and then […]
Month: January 2009
Social Sensitivity
Wells’s theories of regressive evolution and his dissatisfaction with many of the social and economic factors of his own time contribute to the pessimistic tone […]
Topics for Discussion
1. At the beginning of the story, how does the time traveler explain what happens to the demonstration model of his time machine? How does […]
Ideas for Reports and Papers
1. Consider the physical aspects of Wells’s world of ad 802,701. Describe the land surface, waterways, climate, plants and animals, natural resources, and inhabitants as […]
Related Titles and Adaptations
Among the seven full-length scientific romances written by Wells, three others were nearly as popular as The Time Machine. The Invisible Man tells the story […]
About the Author
Alexandre Dumas was born on July 24, 1802, in Villers-Cotterets, a small village in France. His grandfather was a nobleman, the Marquis de la Pailleterie, […]
Themes and Characters
The Three Musketeers focuses on d’Artagnan, who is the hero of the book, and his three friends: the musketeers Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. D’Artagnan’s great […]
Literary Qualities
The Three Musketeers draws on the literary conventions of the three genres to which it belongs: the romantic, the Gothic, and the historical novel. As […]