The time machine
(Book)
In this hugely influential groundbreaking work of science fiction, a brilliant scientist constructs a machine, which, with the pull of a lever, propels him to the year AD 802,701. The Time Traveller finds imself in a verdant, seemingly idyllic landscape where he is greeted by the diminutive Eloi people. The Eloi are beautiful but weak and indolent, and the explorer is perplexed by their fear of the dark. He soon discovers the reason for their fear--the Eloi are not the only race to have inherited the earth. When his time machine disappears, the Time Traveller must descend alone into the subterranean tunnels of the Morlocks--a terrifying, carnivorous people woi toil in darkness--to reclaim it.
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Notes
Wells, H. G. 1., & Bould, M. (20171895). The time machine. London, Macmillan Collector's Library, an imprint of Pan Macmillan.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Wells, H. G. 1866-1946 and Mark, Bould. 20171895. The Time Machine. London, Macmillan Collector's Library, an imprint of Pan Macmillan.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Wells, H. G. 1866-1946 and Mark, Bould, The Time Machine. London, Macmillan Collector's Library, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, 20171895.
MLA Citation (style guide)Wells, H. G. 1866-1946, and Mark Bould. The Time Machine. London, Macmillan Collector's Library, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, 20171895.
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