The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
- First published:
- 19th century
- Languages: Chinese, English, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil
- Content type: FictionJuvenile
H. G. Wells was an astonishingly versatile and prolific writer. THE TIME TRAVELLER (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual.
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Subjects
- Fiction
- Juvenile fiction
- Children's fiction
- Literature
- Short Stories
- Science fiction
- English language
- Fantasy fiction
- Texts
- Dictionaries
- General
- Fiction, general
- Classics
- Fiction, science fiction, general
- Adaptations
- English literature
- Romans, nouvelles
- Classic Literature
- English fiction
- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Fiction, historical, general
- Long Now Manual for Civilization
- french
- Time travel
- German
- Comic books, strips
- British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Fiction, action & adventure
- Fiction, psychological
- Open Library Staff Picks
- Novela
- Animal Experimentation
- Graphic novels
- open_syllabus_project
- Romans
- Imaginary wars and battles
- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Space and time
- Spanish
- Space warfare
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Cataloging notes
- Open Library reports 1146 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL52267W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
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