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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

Verdwaald in de toekomst, zonder machine. Een Engelse geleerde heeft een machine gebouwd die door de tijd reist. Hij belandt in een heel verre toekomst, midden in een enorme tuin, bij een groot wit standbeeld. Daar…

The world of the book

Het Engeland van fabrieken en geleerden. Eind 19e eeuw staat Engeland vol fabrieken. De rijken wonen in mooie wijken, terwijl de arbeiders opeengepakt leven in donkere straten. Geleerden ontdekken ook dat soorten in de…

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  1. ★★★★☆Chris✓ Verified purchase

    Posted on 4 November 2026 · Read in English – Dutch

    I think it's good

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