... hundred of books, about fifty of them novels." Herbert George Wells" childhood, surroundings and life experiences had a great impact on the novel, The Time Machine. Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley on September 21st, 1866. "In his early childhood Wells developed love for literature." His father was a shopkeeper and a professional cricketer until he broke his leg. When his father's business failed, Wells was ... apprenticed like his brothers to a draper. He spent the years between 1880 and 1883 in Windsor and Southsea, that is where ... society when he was a child but then moved...

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