Science fiction classics

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

A short, haunting classic of time travel and social evolution.

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Genre

Science fiction

Subgenre

Time travel

Original publication

1895

Original publisher

William Heinemann

Pages

118

Format

Paperback, hardcover and ebook editions

Language

English

Setting

A far future Earth

ISBN

9780141439976

Original title

The Time Machine

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About the book

A Victorian inventor travels into the future and finds humanity divided into the delicate Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks.

A sharp choice for readers who want time travel, future societies, class allegory and a compact speculative classic.

The premise is brisk, but the book's power comes from the future as a social diagnosis.

It suits readers asking for speculative ideas, class division, future worlds and a quick science fiction milestone.