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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

困在未来,机器不翼而飞。一位英国科学家造出了一台能穿越时间的机器。他来到极其遥远的未来,置身于一座巨大的花园中,旁边是一尊高大的白色雕像。他把机器留在那里,独自去探索。傍晚回来时,机器竟然不见了。没有它,他就再也回不了家。

The world of the book

工厂与科学家的英国。19世纪末,英国遍地是工厂。富人住在漂亮的街区,工人则挤在阴暗的街巷里。科学家们还发现,物种会在数百万年间不断变化。这本书思考的是:在极其遥远的未来,人类将变成什么样。

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  1. ★★★★☆Chris✓ Verified purchase

    Posted on 4 November 2026 · Read in English – Dutch

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