Science Fiction· United Kingdom
The Time Machine
by H.G. WellsAggregate Editorial Score40/100
TIME 100 Best Novels
Published 1895120 pagesEnglish
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The Time Machine by H.G. Wells is a landmark work of science fiction, first published in 1895. The Time Traveller journeys to the far future—the year 802,701—and discovers humanity has split into two species: the beautiful but helpless Eloi and the subterranean, predatory Morlocks. Wells's first published novel is a founding text of science fiction. Themes of time travel, class, evolution run through the work. The book has received recognition from TIME 100 Best Novels 1895.
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