H.G. Wells was one of the most prolific writers in the English
language. He published over one hundred books, yet he is recognized
by only two or three of his popular novels including "The Time
Machine" and "War of the Worlds." Why has such a well known and
widely read author from the nineteenth century almost disappeared
from the bookshelves of the twenty-first century? "H.G. Wells at
the End of His Tether" attempts to answer this question and others
by examining his work from a nineteenth century perspective. Wells
was a controversial figure. He was an avid socialist and a
self-proclaimed prophet. He hated the Church and the Monarchy and
spent much of his life promoting utopian ideals, world government
and other radical concepts that are politically incorrect today. As
he watched the First World War tear Europe asunder he wrote "The
War to End War" and created a new label for that infamous conflict.
He was a highly vocal anti-war journalist and often frustrated by
how little impact he was making on the world. When the Second World
War descended on Europe he became despondent as he approached the
end of his political and literary tether.
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