H. G. Wells editions and publications in the United States. Among these is an unpublished material and the manuscripts of such works as "The War of the Worlds" and "The Time Machine". The collection includes first editions, revisions, translations. The letters contain general family correspondence, communications from publishers, material regarding the Fabian Society, and letters from politicians and public figures, most notably George Bernard Shaw and Joseph Conrad. Sources—collections Sources—letters, essays and interviews Biography Critical essays H. G. Wells Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels,
David Lodge (author) is a tragic infirmity". Lodge has said of his own work, "each of my novels corresponds to a particular phase or aspect of my own life [but] this does not mean they are autobiographical in any simple, straightforward sense". Two of Lodge's recent novels are based on the lives of authors: "Author, Author" (2004), about Henry James and "A Man of Parts" (2011), about H. G. Wells. "Author, Author" suffered from comparisons to Colm Tóibín's novel about Henry James, "The Master", which was published six months earlier and went on to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize; most reviews of