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Like Ann Veronica, The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman reflects H.G. Wells's enthusiasm for the ideal of the New Woman.Lady Harman's interest in the condition of women persuades Sir Isaac (after Lady Harman's imprisonment for a month for breaking a post office window in support of the cause of women's suffrage has shocked him into acquiescence) to invest in the creation of six boardinghouses for ...
Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography.
At 551 pages, Marriage is one of H.G. Wells's longest novels. Biographers have noted that Wells drew on his own experiences in describing Trafford's situation, but the inner life of this chaste hero bears little resemblance to Wells's own turbulent private life.
Catherine Wells died from cancer on 6 October 1927. [1] [17] Her funeral at Golders Green Crematorium [17] was led by T. E. Page, using a service written by H. G. Wells. [18] [19] He had based this on the secular ceremony script created by humanist and educationist F. J. Gould. [18] [20] Attendees included George Bernard Shaw and Arnold Bennett ...
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Later that year, Count von Arnim died in Bad Kissingen, with his wife and three of their daughters by his side. [3] [17] In 1911, Elizabeth moved to Randogne, Switzerland, where she had the Chalet Soleil built, and entertained literary and society friends. [18] From 1910 until 1913, she was a mistress of the novelist H. G. Wells. [4]
"The Cone" is a short story by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895 in Unicorn. It was intended to be "the opening chapter of a sensational novel set in the Five Towns", later abandoned. [1] The story is set at an ironworks in Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire. An artist is there to depict the industrial landscape; the manager of the ironworks ...
H. G. Wells had begun the book during his wife's final illness and is said to have used work on the book as a way to keep his mind off his loss.) [8] The text as published is presented as the common work of a "triplex author". [9] H. G. Wells took 40% of the royalties; the remainder was split between Huxley and Wells's son. [10]