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H. G. Wells
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Standard Name: Wells, H. G.
HGW
began writing in his childhood and publishing just before the close of the nineteenth century. He was a journalist, novelist, historian and autobiographer, whose favourite fictional genres are science fiction on one hand and on the other realistic explorations of social and political conditions, including women's issues.
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Amber Reeves | AR
's time at the |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Rebecca West | Through the 1920s, RW
had several brief and sometimes conflicted romantic liaisons with men. In 1920 she made some moves towards having an affair with Compton Mackenzie
in retaliation for Wells
's continuing infidelities. During... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Violet Hunt | VH
had an affair with H. G. Wells
while he was married to his second wife
and also involved with author Dorothy Richardson
. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth von Arnim | EA
and H. G. Wells
were lovers, though the relationship was strained: Jane Wells
did not intend to divorce her husband, and it was during this time that he became involved with Rebecca West
as... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | E. Nesbit | In 1886, the year of EN
's first stillbirth, her close friend Alice Hoatson
became her husband's mistress. Alice then moved in with the Blands: ostensibly to help look after their children, since she was... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Fay Weldon | During her marriage she and Edgar entertained the literary and avant-garde world: she later regaled her grand-daughter with irreverent stories of Joseph Conrad
, Jean Rhys
(Such a louche young woman), Weldon, Fay. Auto da Fay. Flamingo. 102 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Rebecca West | Nineteen-year-old RW
met H. G. Wells
for the first time, shortly after she panned his novel Marriage in The Freewoman. Rollyson, Carl. Rebecca West: A Saga of the Century. Hodder and Stoughton. 21-3 |
| Fictionalization | Amber Reeves | After the appearance of her first three novels, two critics gave AR
a significant place in accounts of the current state of fiction. R. Brimley Johnson
characterised her as a sex-explorer, free from either... |
| Fictionalization | Violet Hunt | In addition to the autobiographical strain running through some of her own work, VH
inspired characters created by several other writers. She is reimagined as Carlotta Peel in Sacred and Profane Love (1905) by Arnold Bennett |
| Fictionalization | Beatrice Webb | H. G. Wells
caricatured her (along with Sidney, of course) in The New Machiavelli as Altiora Bailey. Briggs, Julia. A Woman of Passion: The Life of E. Nesbit, 1858-1924. Hutchinson. 315 |
| Fictionalization | Elizabeth von Arnim | EA
inspired a number of creative portraits by her contemporaries during the earlier part of her career. Probably the best-known is the character of Mrs Failing in E. M. Forster
's novel The Longest Journey... |
| Fictionalization | Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda | In 1937 H. G. Wells
, who had crossed swords with MHVR
before that, depicted her as the unpleasant Lady Roundabout, editor of a weekly women's magazine called Wear and Tear. Bland, Lucy. “Book Reviews: Angela V. John, <span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘m’>Turning the Tide: The Life of Lady Rhondda</span>”;. Women’s History, Vol. 2 , No. 1, pp. 25-6. 26 |
| Friends, Associates | Enid Bagnold | Bagnold's biographer Anne Sebba
writes that try as [EB
] might to belong to the artists' milieu, she could not release her other foot from the smart set. Sebba, Anne. Enid Bagnold: The Authorized Biography. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 148 |
| Friends, Associates | Rosita Forbes | In FinlandRF
met the national hero Marshal Mannerheim
. Forbes, Rosita. Gypsy in the Sun. Cassell. 302 |
| Friends, Associates | Ford Madox Ford | Living with his grandfather Ford Madox Brown
after his father's death, he met many literary great Victorians at an early age. During his early married life he got to know H. G. Wells
, Joseph Conrad |
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