Although Wells is most remembered for his science fiction novels-a genre that he played a significant role in pioneering-he also wrote several utopian novels, such as A Modern Utopia, and eventually shifted to writing political and intellectual pieces. Moreau, The Wonderful Visit, and The Wheels of Chance, all within a two-year period. This marked the beginning of a prolific writing period in which Wells wrote The War of the Worlds, The Island of Dr. This success emboldened him to try his hand at novel-writing, and he produced his first novel, The Time Machine, in 1895.
While living with his aunt, Wells earned a living writing short articles and humor pieces for various journals, which he was quite successful at. Milne, author of the Winnie-the-Pooh series-and finally finished a degree in zoology. Wells left the Imperial College, continuing to teach at various schools-as a teacher, Wells instructed A. During his time in college, Wells also began dabbling in fiction writing, prototyping an early version of The Time Machine in a school magazine. During this time, Wells joined a debate society which kindled his interests in social reform, and later, socialism. Excelling in academics, Wells won a scholarship and went on to study biology at what is now the Imperial College in London. Wells eventually managed to escape the apprentice’s lot by getting himself into a grammar school, where he studied as a senior student and worked as a mentor to younger students. Wells’s family had always struggled financially, and as a teenager Wells apprenticed in a number of trades, all of which were miserable. To pass the time, his father loaned a stack of novels from the public library which Wells tore through, losing himself in the tales of far-off worlds and beginning his lifelong love of literature. As a child, Wells suffered a badly broken leg that left him bedridden for several months. Herbert George Wells was born the son of professional cricket player-a low-paying occupation at the time-and a housemaid, the youngest of four children.
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