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This novel is split into two parts, „The Utopographer in the Garden” and „Advent”. The former is set on the Italian Riviera where the novel’s central figures, a British couple, The Rylands, entertain guests. The latter, written largely in the form of letters between the couple during the husband’s trip to London, provides commentary on British political landscape of the 1920’s. A pretty good book, detailed discussions on Socialism, Communism, Utopia and so on. This novel wa...

This story was the first work of fiction in which an explorer traverses time through the use of a man-made device – a time machine – rather than through magic, divine intervention, or a natural phenomenon such as sleep. HG Wells’s „The Chronic Argonauts”, written seven years before his much more famous time travel work, „The Time Machine”. The mysterious Dr. Moses Nebogipfel arrives in a small Welsh town in 1887. The apprehensions of the simple rural folk eventually cause t...

Wells’s treatise on education is set in the region of Camford (Cambridge/Oxford), and tells of a visitor who proves that education can save the world from destruction. The story centres around a Utopian ’ventriloquist’ who subjects human life and in particular its treatment by the University of Camford to sympathetic but quite unsparing scrutiny. At its core, it was a warning to the educational world of imminent war and of its lack of action, as well as an exploration of th...

Often called the father of science fiction, British author Herbert George Wells literary works are notable for being some of the first titles of the science fiction genre. „Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island” is a 1928 novel by H. G. Wells. It tells the story of a young Englishman Arnold Blettsworthy who, after being betrayed by a business partner, is advised to go travelling in an attempt to recover from his severe disillusionment. During the voyage the ship is wrecked and...

Książka w dwóch wersjach językowych: polskiej i angielskiej. A dual Polish-English language edition._x000D_ _x000D_ Książka zawiera dwa znakomite opowiadania. „Pokusa Harringaya” to krótka historia opowiadająca o tym, jak artysta próbuje namalować portret, a ostatecznie maluje diabła, który oferuje mu sławę w zamian za jego duszę. Fabuła jest interesująca ze względu na nieoczekiwaną reakcję artysty na ofertę. „W otchłani” to opowieść o tym, jak za pomocą aparatu w formie kuli...

Książka w dwóch wersjach językowych: polskiej i angielskiej. A dual Polish-English language edition._x000D_ _x000D_ W angielskim pubie niejaki George McWhirter podczas sprzeczki z Fotheringayem z niezachwiana pewnością zapewnia o niemożności czynienia cudów. W odpowiedzi na to Fotheringay rozkazuje lampie naftowej, aby zapaliła się do góry nogami i dzieje się tak, ku jego zdumieniu. Znajomi jednakowoż uważają to za kuglarską sztuczkę, ale Fotheringay postanawia zbadać tę swoj...

Język angielski - Poziom B2Lubisz czytać dobre książki, a jednocześnie chcesz doskonalić swój angielski?Mamy dla Ciebie idealne połączenie!Klasyka literatury światowej w wersji do nauki języka angielskiego.CZYTAJ – SŁUCHAJ – ĆWICZCZYTAJ – dzięki oryginalnemu angielskiemu tekstowi opowiadań The Time Machine przy­swa­jasz nowe słówka i uczysz się ich zastosowania w zdaniach. Wciągająca fabuła opowiadań sprawi, że nie będziesz mógł się oderwać od lektury, co zapewni regularn...

„Wehikuł czasu” to powieść fantastyczna autorstwa Herberta George’a Wellsa. Utwór ukazał się w 1895 roku.Głównym bohaterem powieści jest anonimowy naukowiec mieszkający w Richmond, zwany przez narratora Podróżnikiem w Czasie. Podczas cotygodniowego obiadu ze znajomymi mówi im, że czas jest czwartym wymiarem, oraz pokazuje mały prototyp machiny przemieszczającej się w czasie. Opowiada także, że stworzył wehikuł zdolny przenieść człowieka. Tydzień później spóźnia się na obiad i...

One of the most famous science-fiction stories ever written, „The War of the Worlds” helped launch the entire genre by exploiting the concept of interplanetary travel. Thirty-five million miles into space, a species of Martians sets eyes on planet Earth. With their own planet doomed for destruction, the Martians prepare to invade. Their weapons are ready and their aim is ruthless. The war of the worlds is about to begin. „The War of the Worlds” describes the fictional 1895 ...

Bert Smallways is the unlikely protagonist, a kind of Edwardian Mod, not interested in a steady career, always looking for a good time, riding his proto-scooter down to Brighton at the weekends. When Bert is accidentally scooped up by a German fleet, on its way to launch a surprise attack on the United States, he finds himself with a front row seat to the greatest war that has ever been – the war in the air! This new war is to be a different sort of war than all the wars th...

For Mr Britling, eccentric and vivacious writer, the summer of 1914 consisted of long, hot days and luxurious house parties with a host of international guests to entertain him. And when he tired of this, he hopped across the channel where his devoted mistress was patiently waiting. But all this was about to change as Germany began marching into Belgium and Europe no longer provided the easy diversion he had so enjoyed. „The World of William Clissold” is a 1926 novel by H.G...

„The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman” is a novel set in the era surrounding the days of women’s suffrage. The story revolves around the wife of a baking magnate who goes into hiding after his female employees go on strike. Although the hero of this novel Sir Isaac Harman didn’t think much of the suffragette movement, his female employees certainly did, and he thought it prescient that he too should do his bit for women’s rights. His wife totally agreed, so he locked her up. Howeve...

First published in 1909, it focuses on feminist issues from the point of view of a young woman entering adulthood and enduring prejudice about her place in the world. And this novel, „Ann Veronica”, tells the story of a middle class young woman who is fed up of being expected to be purely decorative. Her father and her boyfriends really are incapable of understanding why she should want to study science, or control her own life in any way. One Wednesday, Ann Veronica Stanle...

„Marriage” is a surprising story about relationships and people by science fiction legend, H.G. Wells. It features two protagonists: Marjorie Pope, the oldest daughter of a carriage manufacturer whose business has been ruined by the advent of the automobile, and R. A. G. Trafford, a physicist specializing in crystallography whom she marries against the wishes of her family at the age of 21. The novel traces the history of their relationship, which begins when an early airpl...

Mr. Lewisham is an ambitious young teacher who has grand plans for his future. Indeed he has written up a Plan or Schema as he calls it and has committed himself to daily study to improve himself. We follow him as he moves to London and becomes a student. He also gets married and the later part of the novel is about how his naive beliefs about himself and the world survive this transition. „Love and Mr. Lewisham” is the story of a young man who seeks to better himself and a...

A soul-corrupting evil invades the remote English village of Cainsmarsh, infesting the minds of the local residents. Dark events are plaguing its people. An elderly woman stiffens in dread at her own shadow; a terrified farmer murders a scarecrow; food prepared by others is eyed with suspicion; family pets are bludgeoned to death; loving couples are devoured by rage and violence. People are becoming suspicious of every move each other makes. Children are coming to school wi...

On a deceivingly beautiful island in the South Seas exists the sinister kingdom of Doctor Moreau. Edward Prendick is shipwrecked in the Pacific. Rescued by Doctor Moreau’s assistant he is taken to the doctor’s island home where he discovers the doctor has been experimenting on the animal inhabitants of the island, creating bizarre proto-humans...The main plot, a shunned biologist, Dr. Moreau, attempting to create a new species of animals by combining biological elements of ...

Although most famous for his sci-fi, Wells’ best work often deals with ordinary people having big thoughts in picturesque settings. „The Passionate Friends” is a fine representative example of this. Wells uses the changing relationships among childhood friends as the media for his thoughts on human relations on personal and global scales, and of what it all means. On the death of his father, Stephen Stratton writes a long and deeply personal letter to his son, hoping that, ...