claire tomalin
the young h.g.wells: changing the world
OUTLINE
From his impoverished childhood in a working-class English family and determination to educate himself at any cost to his complicated marriages, love affair with socialism, and the serious ill health that dominated his twenties and thirties, H. G. Wells's extraordinary early life would set him on a path to become one of the world's most influential writers.
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"Claire Tomalin's short, engaging biography The Young H.G. Wells is a welcome addition to the conversation. . . Her book makes a strong case for Wells's enduring importance."--Heller McAlpin, The Wall Street Journal.
Tomalin's The Young H.G. Wells is hard to beat, being friendly, astute and a pleasure to read." --Michael Dirda, Washington Post.
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