Love And Mr Lewisham [Paperback]

Herbert George Wells (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 2009

In his youth Mr Lewisham thought little of love and much of greatness. A worthy scholar he concerned himself with the works of Shakespeare and Emerson, Confucius and Carlyle. But that was before he accompanied the boys to church one Sunday and found that the Frobishers' pew was occupied by an unknown lady. For Mr Lewisham, knowing little of love and its far from smooth path, this was to be the beginning of a deep inner conflict.

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About the Author

Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, Kent in 1866, the son of a tradesman and professional cricketer. In early life he worked as an apprentice to a draper and in 1884 he won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in South Kensington under the tutorage of T H Huxley. His time there was to have a lasting influence on his life and subsequent writing. H G Wells first found literary acclaim with The Time Machine which appeared in 1895 and was the first novel to introduce the concept of time travel. This was followed by The Wonderful Visit, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds. These books alone were enough to establish an entirely new genre - that of science fiction. Although it is for these works of science fiction that he is best remembered, H G Wells was in fact a prolific and extremely versatile writer. He was the author of a number of tracts, social and political satires, and stern warnings about the future of civilisation. A remarkably accurate prophet, he foresaw both World Wars and the atomic bomb, and the realization of these visions accounted for much of the pessimism in his later works. In 1934 he published his autobiography, An Experiment In Autobiography, which serves as an invaluable reflection of the people and cultures of his times. H G Wells died in 1946. His obituary in The New York Times hailed him as 'one of the outstanding contemporary literary figures'.

Product Details

• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: House of Stratus (January 2, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075511437X
• ISBN-13: 978-0755114375
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wells' social fiction, April 8, 2003

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Bobby Newman (Long Beach, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love and Mr. Lewisham (Everyman Paperback Classics) (Paperback)

Love and Mr. Lewisham is the story of a young man who seeks to better himself and achieve glory through educational achievements. His love life, however, derails this ambition in several different ways. This is Wells' exploration of the dilemmas of the young man torn between career and relationship. Wells fans will realize that the ending of the book did not mirror his actual feelings/behavior on marriage.

11 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good book that's not really well known, July 17, 2000

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This review is from: Love and Mr. Lewisham (Everyman Paperback Classics) (Paperback)

i just grabbed a book one day from the library and it turned out to be a good story. i was surprised that wells, a big author, wrote such an unknown book. try it out.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Navigation, April 13, 2011

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This review is from: Love and Mr. Lewisham (with ClicBrowz navigation) (Kindle Edition)

This is what it says it is: a public domain text with navigation that allows the user to easily navigate the entire book, providing forward, backward and cross links to every section of the book. Most public domain texts (and far too many new texts) are just plain texts rendered into the Kindle format. This text was carefully constructed to fit the structure of this book.