The Penguin English Library Edition of The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells 'That black figure, with its eyes of fire, struck down through all my adult thoughts and feelings, and for a moment the forgotten horrors of childhood came...

In einer stürmischen Nacht taucht ein seltsamer Mann in einem kleinen englischen Dorf auf. Von Kopf bis Fuß in Verbände eingewickelt, stellt er die Dorfbewohner vor ein unheimliches Rätsel. Wer ist dieser Mann, der niemandem sein Gesicht...

"Wenn der Schläfer erwacht" (engl: "When the Sleeper Wakes") ist ein dystopischer Roman des britischen Autors H. G. Wells aus dem Jahre 1899.Es handelt sich um einen von Wells ehrgeizigsten Romanen, der aber den Autor selbst und die...

In a novel written on the eve of World War I, H. G. Wells imagines a war "to end all wars" that begins in atomic apocalypse but ends in an enlightened utopia.Writing in 1913, on the eve of World War I's mass slaughter and long before...

THE SCIENCE FICTION CLASSIC, NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA"For a time I believed that mankind had been swept out of existence, and that I stood there alone, the last man left alive." When an alien capsule lands on Horsell Common, Woking, crowds...

The mysterious Griffin arrives at a picturesque English inn during a snowstorm, swaddled in bandages which cover his face and with his eyes hidden behind dark glasses. His odd get-up and irascible behavior intrigue the locals, who...

Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading. Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge...

The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind von Wells, H. G.

"Der Unsichtbare" (Originaltitel: "The Invisible Man") ist ein Roman des britischen Schriftstellers H. G. Wells aus dem Jahr 1897. Er gehört zum Genre der von Wells so getauften "scientific romances", einer frühen Form der modernen...

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon...

After the Lady Vain is shipwrecked, Edward Prendick is plucked from the waves by a passing ship and deposited on a remote island. Here he is the guest of Dr Moreau, whose notorious scientific methods had caused an uproar that left him...

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine (1888), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The War of the Worlds (1897), The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance (1897)...