1. DONE BY YANA ZOLOCHEVSKAYA FORM 6 SCHOOL 6 TEACHER N.V. DZHULAI
Municipal General Educational Institution Secondary School № 6
Herbert Wells
DONE BY
YANA ZOLOCHEVSKAYA
FORM 6
SCHOOL 6
TEACHER
N.V. DZHULAI

2. Herbert’s life
Herbert George Wells was born on September 21, 1866 in Bromley, England. Wells came from a working class background. His father played professional cricket and had a hardware store for a time. Wells's parents were often worried about his poor health. They were afraid that he might die young. As a boy H. G. Wells had always been physically active. At the age of 7, Wells had an accident that left him bedridden for several months. During that time, the avid young reader went through many books, including some by Washington Irving and Charles Dickens.

3. Education
At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a draper at Windsor. Two years later he became a student assistant at Midhurst Grammar School. At 18 he won a scholarship to study biology at the Normal School of Science, where T.H. Huxley was one of his teachers. In the early 1890s, Wells started teaching science classes, which led him to write a biology textbook. He also started writing articles in the popular magazines that were beginning to pop up everywhere. At the invitation of one of the editors, he began writing science-fiction stories in the mid 1890s.

4. Marriage
In 1891, Wells married his cousin, Isabel Mary Wells, but the union didn't last for a long time. Wells soon took up with Amy Catherine "Jane" Robbins and the pair married in 1895 after he officially divorced Isabel. He and Jane had two children together, sons George Philip and Frank. Wells did not let marriage stop him from having other relationships. He had numerous affairs and later lived apart from Jane. His involvement with Amber Reeves resulted in the birth of their daughter Anna-Jane in Wells later developed feelings for feminist writer Rebecca West, and they had a son, Anthony, together. Jane died of cancer in 1927.

6. Literary Success
Wells also devoted much time to become a writer. During his studying at college, he published a short story about travelling called "The Chronic Argonauts," which foreshadowed his future literary success.

7. In 1895, Wells became well known for the publication of the novel “The Time Machine”. The book was about an English scientist who developed time travelling by machine. While entertaining, the work also explored social and scientific topics, from class conflict to evolution. These themes recurred in some of his other popular works of that time.

8. Wells continued to write scientific novels
Wells continued to write scientific novels. Later he published “The Island of Doctor Moreau” (1896), “The Invisible Man” (1897) and “The War of the Worlds” (1898). “The Island of Doctor Moreau” told the story of a man who made experiments on animals, creating new species of creatures. In “The Invisible Man”, Wells explored the life of another scientist after turning himself invisible.” The War of the Worlds”, a novel about an alien invasion, later caused a panic when its adaptation was broadcasted on American radio.

9. In addition to his fiction, Wells wrote many essays, articles and nonfiction books. In 1901, Wells published a non-fiction book called “Anticipations”. Politically, Wells supported socialist ideals. For a time, he was a member of the Fabian Society, a group that sought social reform and believed that the best political system was socialism. Wells explored issues of social class and economic disparity in a number of his works, including “Kipps” which was one of Wells' s favorite work.
Over the years, he wrote several more comedies, including “Mr. Britling sees it through”. This wildly popular novel about a writer living in a small English village before, during and after World War I.

10. Death and Legacy
For roughly 50 years, Wells devoted his life to writing and his output during this time was amazing. Some even criticized Wells for his tremendous volume of work, saying that he spread his talent too thin. Wells wrote, on average, three books a year for a time. And each of his works went through several drafts before publication.
Wells remained productive until the very end of his life, but his attitude seemed to darken in his final days. Among his last works was 1945's "Mind at the End of Its Tether," a pessimistic essay in which Wells contemplates the end of humanity. Some critics speculated that Wells's declining health shaped this prediction of a future without hope. He died on August 13, 1946, in London.

11. When you are bored and have a little time,
Take Herbert’ s books and your mood will be fine.
Read one of the stories and you’ll understand
It’ll really give you the happiest moment.

12. Thanks for your attention!!!

13. http://biographer.ru/biographies/100.html http://ru.wikipedia.org
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