Inventing Tomorrow: H.G. Wells and the Twentieth Century, by Sarah Cole

Charlotte Jones enjoys an account of a hugely ambitious writer who challenges many of our assumptions about studying literature

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January 16, 2020

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January 16, 2020

Charlotte Jones

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