Oscar Wilde describió a Herbert George Wells como «un Jules Verne inglés». Wells nunca se lo perdonó. Porque, cuando éste creó su ingeniosa máquina del tiempo, no se limitó a trasladar a su inventor
Esta novela inaugura el tema de los viajes a otras épocas de la historia. En sus páginas, H. G. Wells mezcla el relato de aventuras con la enseñanza social y política. Quiere que tomemos conciencia de nuestra responsabilidad en el devenir de la humanidad. De hecho, el protagonista viaja a un futuro lejano donde espera encontrar una sociedad mas evolucionada en conocimiento y solidaridad, y sin embargo, hallara algo muy diferente.
La guerra de los mundos es la primera obra de ciencia-ficción que presenta a los extraterrestres como seres más avanzados tecnológicamente, lo que supone una lección de humildad para el ser humano. H. G. Wells propone en ella una reflexion sobre como la
QUAN ES COMPLEIXEN 125 ANYS DE LA PUBLICACIÓ, EL DEBAT TRANSHUMANÍSTIC TORNA AQUEST CLÀSSIC A L'ACTUALITAT. L'illa del doctor Moreau és una de les novel·les més pertorbadores que mai s'hagin escrit.
A caballo entre finales del 1938 y 1939 los tambores de guerra se hacen cada vez más estruendosos. El curso de los acontecimiento empuja a H.G.Wells, socialista y apcifista de largo recorrido a desplegar una urgente actividad propagandistica, viajando por medio mundo denunciando la complacencia anestesiada de las democracias liberales occidentales ante la amenaza miliatrista y totalitaria encarnada por la Alemania irredenta de Adolf Hitler
Per al protagonista d?aquesta història, la Porta del Mur és autèntica, i permet, a través d?un món tan real i tan veritable com el maó i la fusta, d?accedir a una realitat immortal. L?aire, allà, hi
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content.The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary.
Find yourself caught in the middle of an alien invasion in the late 1800s in this thrilling science fiction classic. A classic science fiction novel, The War of the Worlds tells the story of the martian invasion of Planet Earth. This late-ninteenth century novel plays on the mood of the period in which it was written - a world with great fears for its security and long-term stability. H.G. Wells predicts the brutal savagery of twentieth-century warfare through the lens of interplanetary conflict. This elegantly designed clothbound edition features an elastic closure and a new introduction by Aaron Parrett. The Knickerbocker Classics bring together the essential works of classic authors from around the world in stunning editions to be collected and enjoyed.
From the "father of science fiction," H. G. Wells, comes two masterpieces of speculative science fiction storytelling: The Time Machine and The Invisible Man. The former propels the time traveling protagonist to the distant year of 802,701 AD. To his horror, he find only a decaying Earth that is being gradually swallowed by the Sun, and where two strange species--the delicate Eloi and the fierce, subterranean Morlocks--inhabit an eerie dystopia. The latter offers the mesmerizing account of a bitter young scientist who discovers the chemical secret of invisibility. After using on himself, he embarks on a terrifying descent into crime, obsession, and insanity. Both of these science fiction classics are as chilling as they are thought-provoking. Easily required reading for any science fiction or thriller fan, don't wait to enjoy classic stories, especially when they are combined into an elegantly designed, clothbound edition that features an elastic closure and a new introduction.
