I may perhaps mention here that very recently I had come an ugly cropper in certain business enterprises. So utterly at variance is destiny with all the little plans of men. 'Here, at any rate,' said I, 'I shall find peace and a chance to work!' And this book is the sequel. I had gone to Lympne because I had imagined it the most uneventful place in the world. I fell into these things at a time when I thought myself removed from the slightest possibility of disturbing experiences. Cavor was, after all, the outcome of the purest accident. As I sit down to write here amidst the shadows of vine-leaves under the blue sky of southern Italy, it comes to me with a certain quality of astonishment that my participation in these amazing adventures of Mr.

It was a long, distinguished and powerfully successful career by the time he died, aged 79, on August 13th, 1946. Wells even found the time to run twice for Parliament. His diabetic condition pushed him to create what is now the largest Diabetes charity in the United Kingdom. His writings on what the world could be in works, such as A Modern Utopia, are thought provoking as well as being plausible, especially when viewed from the distressing times they were written in. His writings and work against fascism, as well as the promotion of socialism, brought him into increasing doubts with and opposition to religion. Despite a strong and lasting second marriage his affairs with other women also brought the complications of fathering other children. Wells also received four nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature. His short stories are miniature masterpieces many of which bring new and incredible ideas of science fiction to the edge of present day science fact. Able to write comfortably in a number of genres he was especially applauded for his science fiction works such as The Time Machine and War of the Worlds but his forays into the social conditions of the times, with classics such as Kipps, were almost as commercially successful. From these humble beginnings began a career that was, after several delays, to be seen as one of the most brilliant of modern English writers. Through these Wells found he could escape the boredom and misery of his bed and convalescence by exploring the new worlds he encountered in these books. The first few years of his childhood were spent fairly quietly, and Wells didn't display much literary interest until, in 1874, he accidentally broke his leg and was left to recover in bed, largely entertained by the library books his father regularly brought him. He was the youngest of four siblings and his family affectionately knew him as 'Bertie'. Herbert George Wells was born on September 21st, 1866 at Atlas House, 46 High Street, Bromley, Kent.

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