He presses a lever on the device and it vanishes, astonishing the guests. The Time Traveller shows the guests a clock-sized model of his time machine. Their host, an inventor whom the narrator calls only the Time Traveller, is describing his theory that people can travel in time. The novel opens with a gathering of educated, upper-class men enjoying after-dinner conversation in an elegant home in Richmond, outside London. The novel concludes with a return to the scene of the dinner party, and the final chapter describes the guests’ dismayed reactions to their host’s tale. His story comprises the bulk of the novel. The Time Traveller recounts his adventures in the future to his guests beginning in Chapter 3. The narrator is a guest at the party, and the Time Traveller is the host. The novel is told in the first person using a frame story about a dinner party. The 2017 Amazon Classics e-book edition forms the basis for this study guide. Readers should be prepared for a small number of anachronistic racial and gender terms in the text.

The Time Machine is in the public domain and is widely available on the internet.

Wells was a prominent figure in the early 20th century, known not only for his novels but also for his modern and scientific approach to major issues of the day and for his support for socialism and pacifism. He was nominated four times for a Nobel Prize in literature. Wells also wrote The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau, and nearly 50 other books.

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