Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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.
The latter of these, discussing a book called H. G. Wells
in Love, drew two strong statements from Larkin about sexual double standards. The first was that Wells's radical sexual conduct depended on the...
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E. M. Forster
This is on the whole a conservative work. Forster supports H. G. Wells
against Henry James
in their argument over the question in fiction of pattern versus representation of experience. Although he calls for innovation...
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Vernon Lee
VL
's topics in this volume include Emerson
, Tolstoy
, Nietzsche
, William James
, H. G. Wells
, Ruskin
, and many other French and English authors and critics. Lee had dismissed Ruskin...
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Enid Bagnold
This idiosyncratic autobiography incorporates entertaining sketches of Frank Harris
, Walter Sickert
, H. G. Wells
, Desmond MacCarthy
and several other friends and acquaintances. She was candid about her struggles with writing and her...
Travel
Rebecca West
After parting with Wells
, RW
travelled extensively, holidaying in Italy and the south of France, and returning to the United States.
Rollyson, Carl. Rebecca West: A Saga of the Century. Hodder and Stoughton.
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Travel
Amber Reeves
AR
and Wells
eloped briefly to Le Touquet before Reeves' marriage was arranged and Wells went back to his family. She then spent some time lying low in an English country cottage found for her...
Travel
Rebecca West
RW
spent some months in Italy with her lover, H. G. Wells
.
Rollyson, Carl. Rebecca West: A Saga of the Century. Hodder and Stoughton.
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Travel
Dorothy Richardson
After miscarrying her child by H. G. Wells
, DR
took a leave from her job to holiday at Pevensey in Sussex for several weeks.
Fromm, Gloria G. Dorothy Richardson: A Biography. University of Illinois Press.
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Travel
Rebecca West
RW
and H. G. Wells
set out on a trip to Seville, Madrid, and Paris.
Rollyson, Carl. Rebecca West: A Saga of the Century. Hodder and Stoughton.