About the Author
Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, England, on September 21, 1866. His father was an unprosperous shop keeper, his mother a head housekeeper […]
The Time Machine
Setting
Geographically the story is confined to a small area near the Thames River in South Kensington, a suburb of London; it is the shift in […]
Themes and Characters
The human Characters at the start of the story represent some of the types of people with whom Wells himself interacted. Each of these Characters-editor, […]
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 […]
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 […]