FIRST AND LAST THINGS A CONFESSION OF FAITH AND RULE OF LIFE - Softcover

Wells, H. G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 935995814X ISBN 13: 9789359958149

Verlag: Double9 Books, 2023

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"First and Last Things" is a political portray by using the well-known British author H.G. Wells. Wells is going deep into a number of special topics on this series of essays, asking important questions about life, human beings, and the sector. People frequently praise the writer for his work in science fiction, however in this piece, he moves far away from his memories to discover deep and uncertain thoughts. Wells appears at the character of life, evolution, morals, and what the future holds for people. He talks approximately the social results of scientific progress and thinks approximately the position that era and time play in shaping the destiny of humans. The pieces display a number of Wells's dreamy wondering and his concern approximately how development might have an effect on human beings's morals. The title of the book, "First and Last Things," indicates how large it's far: Wells is trying to figure out the maximum critical elements of human lifestyles, from how it all started out to what it could turn out to be. It's clean to spot Wells's wit, intellectual curiosity, and ahead-looking attitude in these writings. H.G. Wells is shown in "First and Last Things" to be now not handiest a superb storyteller however additionally a deep logician who writes about the complicated things human beings go through and the larger questions that have constantly interested thinkers.

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Herbert George Wells was an English author who lived from 21 September 1866 to 13 August 1946. He was a prolific writer across various genres who produced dozens of short stories and more than fifty books. Along with works of social commentary, his nonfiction output included essays on politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography. Wells has been dubbed the "father of science fiction" and is now primarily known for his science fiction books. He had fallen in love with one of his students, Amy Catherine Robbins (1872-1927), with whom he relocated to Working, Surrey, in May 1895, and the couple decided to split up in 1894. His early writings, dubbed "scientific romances," included The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, When the Sleeper Wakes, and The First Men in the Moon, among other works, and established several ideas that are now considered classics in science fiction. In addition, he produced acclaimed realistic novels like Kipps and Tono-Bungay, which was a satire of Edwardian English culture. At the age of 79, Wells passed away at his London house on 13 Hanover Terrace, which had a view of Regent's Park, for undetermined reasons.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Double9 Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 935995814X
• ISBN 13: 9789359958149
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
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