Fromm, Gloria G. Dorothy Richardson: A Biography. University of Illinois Press, 1977.
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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 ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | E. Nesbit | EN
met another of her friends, H. G. Wells
, in 1902. The Blands and Wellses used to see each other at Dymchurch, since Wells had a house nearby. A bitter quarrel interrupted this... |
| Friends, Associates | Dorothy Richardson | Her affair with Wells
ended after the miscarriage, but they remained friends until his death in August 1946. |
| 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, 1987. 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 | 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 | 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, Turning the Tide: The Life of Lady RhonddaWomens History, Vol. 2 , No. 1, 1 Mar.–31 May 2015, pp. 25-6. 26 |
| 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 |
| 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, 1995. 21-3 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Rebecca West | RW
had a son by H. G. Wells
: Anthony Panther West
, as a result of an unplanned, extramarital pregnancy. Rollyson, Carl. Rebecca West: A Saga of the Century. Hodder and Stoughton, 1995. 35-8 Hammond, John Richard. H. G. Wells and Rebecca West. Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991. 78, 84 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Amber Reeves | AR
's time at the |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Iris Tree | Writer, critic, and caricaturist Sir Max Beerbohm
was IT
's half-uncle, the youngest son from Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's father's second marriage. Best remembered for his drawings and caricatures of the famous, Beerbohm also wrote... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Rebecca West | RW
ended her liaison with H. G. Wells
when she sailed for America on a lecture tour. Rollyson, Carl. Rebecca West: A Saga of the Century. Hodder and Stoughton, 1995. 72 Hammond, John Richard. H. G. Wells and Rebecca West. Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991. 142 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ling Shuhua | During his youth, Chen
spent a decade in Britain, studying literature at Edinburgh University, then moving to the |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Cecily Mackworth | CM
later wrote that the search for love was interwoven with many events of her life; she felt her judgement was poor in matters of the heart, and connected this with the loss of her... |
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