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The Time Machine

Herbert George Wells

The Time Machine

Paper book: €16.99

Digital: €4.99

Original publication
1895
Pages
255
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Science Fiction
Moods
Imagine tomorrow, Be enchanted, Think it through
Translated from
English

Book summary

An English inventor explains to his friends that time is a dimension like any other, then sets off in a machine he has built himself. On his return, exhausted, he describes a very distant future in which the Eloi, a frail and carefree people, live among gardens, while other creatures hide underground.

It was with this book that time travel became a great subject for fiction. H. G. Wells imagines what would become of humanity if the gap between rich and poor kept widening for thousands of years.

Told like a story among friends, this short novel is easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

Elveszve a jövőben, a gépe nélkül. Egy angol tudós olyan gépet épített, amely az időben utazik. Egy nagyon távoli jövőbe érkezik, egy hatalmas kert közepére, egy nagy fehér szobor mellé. Ott hagyja a gépét, és…

The world of the book

A gyárak és tudósok Angliája. A 19. század végén Angliát elborítják a gyárak. A gazdagok szép negyedekben élnek, a munkások sötét utcákban zsúfolódnak össze. A tudósok arra is rájönnek, hogy a fajok évmilliók alatt…

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  1. ★★★★☆Chris✓ Verified purchase

    Posted on 4 November 2026 · Read in English – Dutch

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