Experiment In Autobiography: Discoveries And Conclusions Of A Very Ordinary Brain (Since 1866)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Vol II - no dj - Fair/poor boards; both volumes internally sound.
Few figures in the history of modern letters possessed the restless intellect and sweeping vision of H. G. Wells, and Experiment in Autobiography stands as his most candid and searching self-portrait. Published in 1934 in two volumes — illustrated with photographs, facsimile letters, and drawings by the author himself — this remarkable work chronicles Wells's journey from a childhood of genteel poverty in Victorian England to his ascent as one of the most celebrated and controversial minds of the twentieth century. With characteristic wit and unflinching honesty, he recounts his struggles against class constraint, his turbulent personal relationships, and his ceaseless engagement with the great political and scientific questions of his age. More than a simple memoir, Experiment in Autobiography is a sustained argument about the relationship between the individual and society, presenting Wells's own life as a case study in the possibilities — and failures — of human progress. His prose crackles with the same imaginative energy that animated his science fiction and social prophecy, and his self-examination is as rigorous as it is entertaining. Written at a moment of global crisis, with fascism rising and liberal idealism under siege, the book carries an urgency that resonates far beyond its personal narrative. For anyone seeking to understand the intellectual climate of the early twentieth century, this is an indispensable primary document — one that leaves the reader wondering whether Wells's restless optimism was a triumph of the human spirit or its most magnificent self-deception.
Author: H. G. Wells
Format: Hardback
Published: 1934, Victor Gollancz Ltd / The Cresset Press Ltd
Genre: Biography
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Vol II - no dj - Fair/poor boards; both volumes internally sound.
Few figures in the history of modern letters possessed the restless intellect and sweeping vision of H. G. Wells, and Experiment in Autobiography stands as his most candid and searching self-portrait. Published in 1934 in two volumes — illustrated with photographs, facsimile letters, and drawings by the author himself — this remarkable work chronicles Wells's journey from a childhood of genteel poverty in Victorian England to his ascent as one of the most celebrated and controversial minds of the twentieth century. With characteristic wit and unflinching honesty, he recounts his struggles against class constraint, his turbulent personal relationships, and his ceaseless engagement with the great political and scientific questions of his age. More than a simple memoir, Experiment in Autobiography is a sustained argument about the relationship between the individual and society, presenting Wells's own life as a case study in the possibilities — and failures — of human progress. His prose crackles with the same imaginative energy that animated his science fiction and social prophecy, and his self-examination is as rigorous as it is entertaining. Written at a moment of global crisis, with fascism rising and liberal idealism under siege, the book carries an urgency that resonates far beyond its personal narrative. For anyone seeking to understand the intellectual climate of the early twentieth century, this is an indispensable primary document — one that leaves the reader wondering whether Wells's restless optimism was a triumph of the human spirit or its most magnificent self-deception.