Herbert George Wells

Allikas: Vikipeedia

Herbert George Wells (tavaliselt kasutatakse nimekuju H. G. Wells; 21. september 186613. august 1946) oli inglise kirjanik. Ta oli üks kirjanikest, kelle teosed panid aluse ulmekirjandusele. Wells oli sotsialist ja enamik tema teoseid sisaldab ühiskonnakriitilisi elemente.

[redigeeri] Tähtsamad teosed

  • The Chronic Argonauts (1888)
  • Textbook of Biology (1893)
  • Honours Physiography, koos R.A. Gregoryga, (1893)
  • Select Conversations with an Uncle (1895)
  • The Time Machine (1895)* ("Ajamasin")
  • The Wonderful Visit (1895)
  • The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (1895)*
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896)* ("Doktor Moreau saar")
  • The Red Room (1896)*
  • The Wheels of Chance (1896)*
  • The Plattner Story, and Others (1897)
  • The Invisible Man ("Nähtamatu mees") (1897)*
  • Certain Personal Matters (1897)
  • The Crystal Egg – short story (1897)
  • The Star – short story, Graphic, Christmas (1897)*
  • The War of the Worlds (1898)* ("Maailmade sõda")
  • When the Sleeper Wakes (1899) (hilisem väljaanne The Sleeper Awakes, 1910)*
  • Love and Mr Lewisham (1900)*
  • The First Men in the Moon (1901)*
  • Anticipations (1901)
  • The Discovery of the Future (1902)
  • Mankind in the Making (1903)*
  • Twelve Stories and a Dream (1903)
  • The Scepticism of the Instrument – osa Oxfordi Filosoofiaseltsi istungil 8. novembril 1903. aastal peetud loengust)
  • The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904)*
  • Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul (1905)
  • A Modern Utopia (1905)*
  • In the Days of the Comet (1906)*
  • The Future in America (1906)
  • Faults of the Fabian (1906)
  • Socialism and the Family (1906)
  • Reconstruction of the Fabian Society (1906)
  • This Misery of Boots (1907)
  • New Worlds for Old (1908)
  • The War in the Air (1908)*
  • First and Last Things (1908)*
  • Ann Veronica (1909)*
  • Tono-Bungay (1909)*
  • The History of Mr. Polly (1910)*
  • The Sleeper Awakes (1910)* – A When the Sleeper Wakes parandatud väljaanne
  • The New Machiavelli (1911)*
  • The Country of the Blind and Other Stories (1911)*
  • The Door in the Wall and Other Stories (1911)
  • Floor Games (1911)*
  • Marriage (1912)
  • Little Wars (1913)*
  • The World Set Free (1914)*
  • The Research Magnificent (1915)*
  • God the Invisible King (1917)*
  • War and the Future (1917)*
  • The Soul of a Bishop (1917)*
  • The Outline of History I, II 1920, 1931, 1940 (1949, 1956, 1961, 1971)
  • A Short History of the World (1922), "Lühike maailma ajalugu"
  • The Secret Places of the Heart (1922)*
  • Men Like Gods (1923)
  • Christina Alberta's Father (1925)
  • The World of William Clissold (1926)
  • Meanwhile (1927)
  • Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island (1928)
  • The Open Conspiracy (1928)
  • The Science of Life (1930)
  • The Outline of Man's Work and Wealth (1931)
  • The Shape of Things to Come (1933)
  • What Are We To Do With Our Lives? (1933)
  • Star-Begotten (1937)
  • The New World Order (1940)
  • Crux Ansata (1943)

[redigeeri] Kirjandus

  • "Väliskirjandus XIX ja XX sajandi vahetusel" (kõrgkooliõpik). Valgus, Tallinn 1974, lk 291–301
  • Ivan Maiski, "Bernard Shaw ja teised" (mälestusi). Vene keelest tõlkinud Aino Lukas, Loomingu Raamatukogu 1979, nr 25/26
  • Oskar Kruus, "Herbert George Wells Eestis" – Keel ja Kirjandus 1979, nr 6, lk 350–355
  • Oskar Kruus, novell "Capriccio Kalijärve kaldal" raamatus "Ärkamised", 1984
  • George Orwell, "Wells, Hitler ja maailmariik" (poliitiline essee). Inglise keelest tõlkinud Udo Uibo – Vikerkaar 1995, nr 9/10
  • Oskar Kruus, "Parunessi pihtimus" (biograafiline jutustus, kus üks peategelasi on Wells), kirjastus Faatum, Tallinn 2004, 96 lk

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