The New Machiavelli - Wells, H. G.
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The New Machiavelli is an H. G. Wells novel that's plot was derived from Wells's affair with Amber Reeves. Iit was "the literary scandal of its day." The New Machiavelli is Written in the first person by Richard "Dick" Remington who has a lifelong passion for "statecraft" and dreams of recasting the social and political form of the English nation. He is a brilliant student at Cambridge who writes several books, marries a wealthy heiress, and enters parliament as a only to go over to the Conservatives. Remington undertakes the editing of an influential political weekly and is returned to…mehr

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The New Machiavelli is an H. G. Wells novel that's plot was derived from Wells's affair with Amber Reeves. Iit was "the literary scandal of its day." The New Machiavelli is Written in the first person by Richard "Dick" Remington who has a lifelong passion for "statecraft" and dreams of recasting the social and political form of the English nation. He is a brilliant student at Cambridge who writes several books, marries a wealthy heiress, and enters parliament as a only to go over to the Conservatives. Remington undertakes the editing of an influential political weekly and is returned to parliament but his career is wrecked by his love affair with a brilliant young Oxford graduate, Isabel Rivers. Herbert George "H. G." Wells was an English writer best known for his work in science fiction. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing textbooks and rules for war games. His most notable science fiction works include The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The Island of Doctor Moreau.
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Hebert George Wells, known as H. G. Wells, was a British author born in 1866. He was a prolific writer, publishing works in many genres, from short stories to social commentaries. However, he is best known for his science fiction novels, leading some to call him the "father of science fiction," or even the "Shakespeare of science fiction!" Wells is known as a futurist, meaning that much of his fiction foresaw changes that have now happened in world. Wells was a socialist and a member of the Fabian society and this political background can be found in his work.