H. G. Wells 
The Time Machine 

A Victorian scientist and inventor creates a machine for propelling himself through time, and voyages to the year AD 802701, where he discovers a race of humanoids called the Eloi. Their gently indolent way of life, set in a decaying cityscape, leads the scientist to believe that they are the remnants of a once great civilization. He is forced to revise this assessment when he comes across the cave dwellings of threatening ape-like creatures known as Morlocks, whose dark underground world he must explore to discover the terrible secrets of this fractured society, and the means of getting back to his own time. A biting critique of class and social equality as well as an innovative and much imitated piece of science fiction which introduced the idea of time travel into the popular consciousness, The Time Machine is a profound and extraordinarily prescient novel.

About the author

Herbert George Wells, often referred to as H.G. Wells, is an English writer. He was born in England in 1866. He grew up in a poor family. Wells is known for his science fiction books. Some of his most famous books are ‘The Time Machine’, ‘The War of the Worlds’ and ‘The Invisible Island’. Wells is often referred to as one of the ‘fathers of science fiction’. Wells was not only a writer, but also a teacher and historian. Wells died in 1946.