![]() ![]() The lower and middle classes often struggled to make ends meet and were seen as less important than the upper classes. In the previous decade, inventions like the Fresno scraper, reaction steam turbine, and the light switch were changing the way that people lived their everyday lives.ĭuring the late Victorian age, when the book was written, social class was still incredibly important. In general, the world was moving away from a religious and towards a secular understanding of the world.ĭuring the 1890s alone, scientists in Britain discovered the electron, invented a method for classifying fingerprints, and established the world’s first wireless station. The novel was written at the end of the 19th century, during a time when major world events, like the publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, were changing the way that people saw and understood the world. Wells for his interest in short novels, technological advancements, morality tales, and the depiction of dystopias. Jules Verne is another related author who is often paired with H.G. While the latter is certainly well-known for mixing fantasy with reality, Arthur Conan Doyle’s interest in hypothetical science and the short story form was also important in the progression of literature during the Victorian period. Wells was writing include Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allan Poe. Other noteworthy authors operating before or around the same time that H.G. It was still a burgeoning literary field that was generally considered to be less worthy of being read and studied than other genres (this is a prejudice in the literary world that still exists today).īut, Wells’ stories reached an incredibly wide audience, spreading the popularity of his particular brand of science fiction and inspiring generations of authors to write novels based on his works and style.īut, Wells took much of his inspiration from the foundations laid before him by authors like Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and her novel Frankenstein which was published 80 years early (and is truly considered to be one of the first science fiction novels. Wells was writing The Invisible Man and his other novellas, the science fiction genre as its known today did not exist. ![]() Today, he is seen as the “father of science fiction” and has written some of the most influential early books in that genre. The novel is considered to be one of Wells’ most important. The novel was followed by several more that become nearly synonymous with his name. It was published in 1897 and was preceded by The Time Machine, The Wonderful Visit, The Island of Dr. This, in combination with the thrilling and interesting story, made The Invisible Man highly popular. It was one of several short novels that Wells produced within a few years periods and was certainly influenced by the changing world the author experienced on a day-to-day basis.įrom technological advancements to class discrimination, Wells drew on elements of society that were highly relatable and interesting to his readers. The short novel is a product of its time. ![]()
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