Claire Tomalin.
claire tomalin: H.G.WELLS BIOGRAPHY
the young h.g.wells: changing the world (2021)
H.G.Wells (born 1866) was a hugely popular British author, who is regarded as the father of science fiction. He is credited with having foreseen aircraft, tanks, nuclear weapons, satellites, and a system resembling the internet.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Claire Tomalin (born 1933) is a British author known for her several highly regarded biographies of writers. In addition to H.G.Wells, her subjects include Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Samuel Pepys, Jane Austen, and Mary Wollstonecraft. The daughter of composer Muriel Herbert and French academic Emile Delvaney, she was educated at Hitchin Girls’ Grammar School and Newnaham College, Cambridge.
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BIOGRAPHIES BY CLAIRE TOMALIN
Wells, H.G. Pioneer of science fiction. By Claire Tomalin. 2021.
Dickens, Charles. Victorian author. By Claire Tomalin. 2011.
Hardy, Thomas. Author. By Claire Tomalin. 2006.
Pepys, Samuel. Diarist. By Claire Tomalin. 2002.
Austen, Jane. Novelist. By Claire Tomalin. 1997.
Jordan, Dorothea. Actress and courtesan. By Claire Tomalin. 1994.
Ternan, Nelly. The invisible woman. By Claire Tomalin. 1990.
Mansfield, Katherine. A Secret Life. By Claire Tomalin. 1987.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Poet. By Claire Tomalin. 1980.