Wells, H.G.

Experiment in Autobiography – Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (Since 1866).

Volume II (of II). London, Victor Gollancz Ltd. / The Cresset Press Ltd., 1934. 13 cm x 20 cm. VIII, 423 pages [being 417 – 840 of complete work]. Original Hardcover. 44 black and white drawings and photographs of Wells, his wife and other writers, throughout book. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to endpapers and pastedowns only.

Includes for example the following essays: Writings About Sex / The Samurai – in Utopia and in the Fabian Society (1905-9) / The Great War and my Resort to “God” (1914-16) / Cerebration at Large and Brains in Key Positions etc.

Experiment in Autobiography is an autobiographical work by H.G. Wells, originally published in two volumes. He began to write it in 1932, and completed it in the summer of 1934. It is divided into eight “chapters” (the last two of which are more than 100 pages long) which are divided in toto into 56 sections. Some sections are narrative, while others include long digressions into matters philosophical, political, sociological, or biographical.

Experiment in Autobiography was well received by friends and reviewers, many of whom regarded the work as a masterpiece. It also earned the appreciation of some who were portrayed in it, like Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Sales, though, fell short of Wells’s expectations. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: 20th Century · 20th Century History · 20th Century Literature · Autobiography · English Authors · English Novelists · Great War
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 60234AB

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