“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Birth | Elizabeth Oxenbridge Lady Tyrwhit | Elizabeth Oxenbridge (later Lady Tyrwhit)
was born at a manor called Brede Place (formerly Forde Place), at the village of Brede in East Sussex, into a family of five children (as well as an... |
| Cultural formation | Elizabeth von Arnim | Born middle-class and presumably white in Australia when it was part of the British Empire, EA
later lived in England, Germany, Switzerland, and America. Her experiences in each of these places... |
| Cultural formation | Amber Reeves | Born a New Zealander, she clearly regarded herself later in life as English. Her parents were highly educated professionals. Her mother was a suffragist, and both parents became members of the Fabian Society
(founded three... |
| Dedications | G. B. Stern | |
| Education | Olivia Manning | At home Olivia was encouraged to love poetry, learned to read by the time she was four, and was later subjected to piano lessons which taught her nothing. As a teenager and thinking of herself... |
| Education | Mary Gawthorpe | MG
's later educational endeavours continued through 1904-5, running concurrently with teaching (as the family breadwinner) and increasing political activity. She felt as if this was a private obsession, which would be incomprehensible to anyone... |
| Education | Fay Weldon | FW
learned to read at three: I remember . . . the way the letters suddenly made sense. Weldon, Fay. Auto da Fay. Flamingo, 2002. 24 |
| Education | Dora Russell | |
| 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
. Belford, Barbara. Violet. Simon and Schuster, 1990. 118 |
| 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), qtd. in Weldon, Fay. Auto da Fay. Flamingo, 2002. 102 |
| 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 | Dorothy Richardson | Although Moffatt disapproved of her affair with Wells
, DR
conducted it from their shared apartment. She and Wells both kept the affair a secret. Wells had many affairs, several of them with women writers... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Amber Reeves | AR
and the young Fabian
lawyer George Rivers Blanco White
were married; she accepted his proposal because she was pregnant by H. G. Wells
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. Briggs, Julia. A Woman of Passion: The Life of E. Nesbit, 1858-1924. Hutchinson, 1987. 314 |
Timeline
1897: With her publication of Grains of Sense,...
Women writers item
1897
With her publication of Grains of Sense, philosopher Victoria, Lady Welby
, shifted from theology towards a more academic and analytic study of meaning.
Smith, Sean, archivist. “Letter from George Bernard Shaw to Lady Welby, Oct. 16, 1907”. York University: York University Gazette online: From the archives, 26 Jan. 2000.
Myers, William Andrew. “Victoria, Lady Welby 1837-1912”. Contemporary Women Philosophers, 1900-Today, edited by Mary Ellen Waithe, Kluwer, 1995, pp. 1-24.
4
2 September 1914: The British War Propaganda Bureau (newly...
Writing climate item
2 September 1914
The British War Propaganda Bureau
(newly formed along the lines of a similar body in Germany) summoned twenty-five writers to discuss the production of texts that would boost national feeling and the war effort.
Spartacus Educational. 28 Feb. 2003, http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.
1915: H. G. Wells became vice-president of the...
Building item
1915
H. G. Wells
became vice-president of the Malthusian League
.
Ledbetter, Rosanna. A History of the Malthusian League: 1877-1927. Ohio State University Press, 1976.
213
22 June 1925: The Film Society was incorporated in London,...
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22 June 1925
The Film Society
was incorporated in London, where it operated until 1939.
Maclean, Caroline. “Gloomy Sunday Afternoons”. London Review of Books, Vol.
31
, 10 Sept. 2009, pp. 28-9. 29
By October 1926: The BBC named Hilda Matheson as its first...
Building item
By October 1926
The BBC
named Hilda Matheson
as its first Director of Talks, one of the most highly paid jobs for a woman in any organisation at that time,
Carney, Michael. Stoker. Published by the author, 1999.
23
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Carney, Michael. Stoker. Published by the author, 1999.
29, 23
23 August 1927: Two Italian immigrants to the USA, Nicola...
National or international item
23 August 1927
Two Italian immigrants to the USA, Nicola Sacco
and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
, were executed amid international furore for shooting dead a paymaster and a security guard outside a factory at South Braintree.
Cole, David. “Radical Aliens”. London Review of Books, Vol.
31
, No. 20, 22 Oct. 2009, pp. 26-7. 26-7
After February 1932: An appeal of Count Potocki of Montalk's case...
Writing climate item
After February 1932
An appeal of Count Potocki of Montalk
's case was heard; and although he was not cleared, an advance in obscene libel cases was made.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
89-90
July 1945: Vannevar Bush's article on information theory...
Building item
July 1945
Vannevar Bush
's article on information theory entitled As We May Think was published in Atlantic Monthly.
Campbell-Kelly, Martin, and William Aspray. Computer. Basic Books, 1996.
285-7
Texts
Wells, H. G. A Short History of the World. Cassell, 1922.
Wells, H. G. Ann Veronica. T. Fisher Unwin, 1909.
Wells, H. G. Experiment in Autobiography. V. Gollancz; Cresset Press, 1934, 2 vols.
Wells, H. G. Marriage. MacMillan, 1912.
Wells, H. G. The Invisible Man. C. Arthur Pearson, 1897.
Wells, H. G. The Island of Dr. Moreau. W. Heinemann, 1896.
Wells, H. G. The New Machiavelli. John Lane, 1911.
Wells, H. G., and James Francis Horrabin. The Outline of History. Editors Barker, Ernest et al., George Newnes, 1919, 24 vols.
Wells, H. G. The Time Machine. W. Heinemann, 1895.
Wells, H. G. The War of the Worlds. W. Heinemann, 1898.
Wells, H. G. Tono-Bungay. MacMillan, 1909.