Welcome to the Masters of Prose book series, a selection of the best works by noteworthy authors.
Literary critic August Nemo selects the most important writings of each author. A selection based on the author's novels, short stories, letters, essays and biographical texts. Thus providing the reader with an overview of the author's life and work.
This edition is dedicated to the English writer H. G. Wells. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. His work also included two books on recreational war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called the "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and the publisher Hugo Gernsback.
This book contains the following writings:
Novels: Time Machine; The War of the Worlds.
Short Stories: A Dream Of Armageddon; The Crystal Egg; The Man Who Could Work Miracles; The Flowering of the Strange Orchid; The Sea Riders; The Apple; The Argonauts of the Air.
Biographical: H.G. Wells by J.D. Beresford.
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