This Norton Critical Edition includes:
- The 1896 William Heinemann edition of Wells’s novel—a cauldron of scientific ambition, interspecies conflict, and neocolonial violence—with a glossary of nautical, botanical, and geological terms.
- A preface with a note on the text, contextualizing headnotes, and explanatory footnotes by Kimberly W. Benston.
- Eight illustrations, including the 1896 frontispiece and artworks relating to the novel’s context.
- An especially rich selection of contextual materials, topically organized: “Evolution: Theory, Society, Language, and Ethics”; “Race, Cannibalism, and Empire”; “Animality, Science, and the Vivisection Debate”; and “Wells on Evolution, Pain, Extinction, and Animal Mind.”
- Fourteen critical interpretations, from reviews upon publication to current critical scholarship.
- A chronology of Wells’s life and a selected bibliography.
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- Authors:
- Wells, H. G.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Editors:
- Benston, Kimberly (Haverford College)
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780393920154
- Publication Date:
- 11/03/2025
- Publisher:
- WW Norton & Co
- Series:
- Norton Critical Editions
- Year Published:
- 2025
- Number of Pages:
- 432
- Place of Publication:
- New York
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9780393920154