The family's financial situation meant that Wells had to work from the age of fourteen to support himself through education. Herbert George Wells was born in 1866 in Bromley, England into a family where there was little money to spare his father ran a small shop and played cricket professionally and his mother worked as a housekeeper. Pearson Education office or to: Penguin Readers Marketing Department, Pearson Education, Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE. Published by Pearson Education Limited in association with Penguin Books Ltd, both companies being subsidiaries of Pearson Plcįor a complete list of titles available in the Penguin Readers series, please write to your local This edition copyright © Penguin Books Ltd 1999 Cover design by Bender Richardson WhiteĪll rights reserved no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,Įlectronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publishers. In the Longman Fiction Series 1996 Second impression 1997 Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE, EnglandĪnd Associated Companies throughout the world.įirst published in the Longman Simplified English Series 1936 This adaptation first published by Addison Wesley Longman Limited
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