The Shape of Things to Come - Couverture souple

Wells, H. G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0141441046 ISBN 13 : 9780141441047

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2005

Synopsis

When Dr Philip Raven, an intellectual working for the League of Nations, dies in 1930 he leaves behind a powerful legacy - an unpublished 'dream book'. Inspired by visions he has experienced for many years, it appears to be a book written far into the future: a history of humanity from the date of his death up to 2105. The Shape of Things to Come provides this 'history of the future', an account that was in some ways remarkably prescient - predicting climatic disaster and sweeping cultural changes, including a Second World War, the rise of chemical warfare, and political instabilities in the Middle East.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist who published more than a hundred books, including pioneering science fiction novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. He was a founding member of numerous movements including Liberty and PEN International - the world's oldest human rights organization - and his Rights of Man laid the groundwork for the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wells' controversial and progressive views on equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0141441046
• ISBN 13: 9780141441047
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 530
• Éditeur: Partington John
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