The Time Machine (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: H. G. Wells
- First Published: 1895
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Voyages, Nineteenth century, Extraterrestrial life, Future, England or English people, Time travel, War, Fantasy, London, Adventure, Fire, Mathematics or mathematicians, Technology, Vegetarianism, Evolution, Subterranean or underground regions
- Locales: London, England
Places Discussed
Time Traveller’s home. Although it is reasonable to infer that Wells’s unnamed traveler lives in London—and probably southwest London—nothing in the novel locates his home precisely. His home is a large upper- middle-class house typical of homes of its class in the late nineteenth century. Wells takes pains to make the home warm and welcoming, comfortable and convivial. It appears to be popular with visitors, as the two times the house is mentioned in the novel it is the setting of well-attended dinner parties that bring together intelligent and...
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