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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Short+History+of+the+World&rft.author=%5B%5BH.+G.+Wells%5D%5D&rft.date=1922&rft.pub=%5B%5BCassell+%28publisher%29%7CCassell+%26+Company%5D%5D+%28London%29&rft.pages=432+%28Cassell%29%2C+455+%28Macmillan%29&rft_id=info:oclcnum/3499379"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Short_History_of_the_World_(H.G._Wells).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/A_Short_History_of_the_World_%28H.G._Wells%29.jpg/220px-A_Short_History_of_the_World_%28H.G._Wells%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="316" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/A_Short_History_of_the_World_%28H.G._Wells%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="261" data-file-height="375" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">1st edition (1922), Cassell & Company</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/H._G._Wells" title="H. G. Wells">H. G. Wells</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subject</th><td class="infobox-data">General history</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cassell_(publisher)" title="Cassell (publisher)">Cassell & Company</a> (London), <a href="/wiki/Macmillan_Inc." title="Macmillan Inc.">The Macmillan Company</a> (New York)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1922</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">432 (Cassell), 455 (Macmillan)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)"><abbr title="Online Computer Library Center number">OCLC</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3499379">3499379</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Text</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Short_History_of_the_World" class="extiw" title="s:A Short History of the World">A Short History of the World</a></i> at <a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>A Short History of the World</b></i> is an account of <a href="/wiki/Human_history" title="Human history">human history</a> by English author <a href="/wiki/H._G._Wells" title="H. G. Wells">H. G. Wells</a>. It was first published in 1922 by <a href="/wiki/Cassell_(publisher)" title="Cassell (publisher)">Cassell & Company</a> (London) and <a href="/wiki/Macmillan_Inc." title="Macmillan Inc.">The Macmillan Company</a> (New York).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book was preceded by Wells's fuller 1919 work <i><a href="/wiki/The_Outline_of_History" title="The Outline of History">The Outline of History</a></i>, and was intended "to meet the needs of the busy general reader, too driven to study the maps and time charts of that <i>Outline</i> in detail, who wishes to refresh and repair his faded or fragmentary conceptions of the great adventure of mankind."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first edition had around 400 pages, with about 200 illustrations, including 21 maps.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later editions were published with updated accounts of world events.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was published in <a href="/wiki/Penguin_Books" title="Penguin Books">Penguin Books</a> in 1936, and republished under <a href="/wiki/Penguin_Classics" title="Penguin Classics">Penguin Classics</a> in 2006.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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It starts with its <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Earth" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Earth">origins</a>, goes on to explain the development of the Earth and <a href="/wiki/Life" title="Life">life on Earth</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reaching primitive thought and the development of humankind from the <a href="/wiki/Cradle_of_Civilisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Cradle of Civilisation">Cradle of Civilisation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book ends with the outcome of the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Russian_famine_of_1921" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian famine of 1921">Russian famine of 1921</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> in 1922.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1934 <a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein" title="Albert Einstein">Albert Einstein</a> recommended the book for the study of history as a means of interpreting progress in civilisation.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Censorship">Censorship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Short_History_of_the_World_(Wells_book)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Censorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Spanish-language translation of <i>A Short History of the World</i>, discussing world events up to the late 1930s, was banned by the <a href="/wiki/Francoist_Spain" title="Francoist Spain">Francoist government</a> in 1940. In two 1948 reports, Spanish censors gave a list of reasons for suppressing the book's publication. These were that the book "shows socialist inclinations, attacks the Catholic Church, gives a twisted interpretation of the Spanish Civil War and the Spanish National Movement, and contains 'tortuous concepts.'" As a result, <i>A Short History</i> was not published in Spain until 1963. <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Short_History_of_the_World_(Wells_book)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_Mankind" title="The Story of Mankind">The Story of Mankind</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_History_of_the_World" title="A Little History of the World">A Little History of the World</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Short_History_of_the_World_(Wells_book)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWells1922" class="citation book cs1">Wells, H.G. (1922). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/shorthistoryofwo00welluoft#page/n7/mode/2up"><i>A Short History of the World</i></a> (1 ed.). New York: Macmillan<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 July</span> 2016</span> – via Internet Archive.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Short+History+of+the+World&rft.place=New+York&rft.edition=1&rft.pub=Macmillan&rft.date=1922&rft.aulast=Wells&rft.aufirst=H.G.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fshorthistoryofwo00welluoft%23page%2Fn7%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AA+Short+History+of+the+World+%28Wells+book%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091019174104/http://www.bartleby.com/86/">"Wells, H.G. 1922. A Short History of the World"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bartleby.com/86/">the original</a> on 2009-10-19<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-09-21</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Wells%2C+H.G.+1922.+A+Short+History+of+the+World&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bartleby.com%2F86%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AA+Short+History+of+the+World+%28Wells+book%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Michael Sherborne introduction to H. G. Wells and A Short History of the World</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMullen1973" class="citation news cs1">Mullen, R.D. (Fall 1973). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/2/mullewells2bib.htm">"The Books and Principal Pamphlets of H.G. Wells: A Chronological Survey"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Science_Fiction_Studies" title="Science Fiction Studies">Science Fiction Studies</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 14,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Science+Fiction+Studies&rft.atitle=The+Books+and+Principal+Pamphlets+of+H.G.+Wells%3A+A+Chronological+Survey&rft.ssn=fall&rft.date=1973&rft.aulast=Mullen&rft.aufirst=R.D.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.depauw.edu%2Fsfs%2Fbackissues%2F2%2Fmullewells2bib.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AA+Short+History+of+the+World+%28Wells+book%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.math.chalmers.se/~ulfp/Review/shorthistory.pdf">University of Gothenburg review</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">History is One manifesto NY:Ginn</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Open Conspiracy 1928</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Outline of History</i>, a precursor of <i>A Short History of the World</i>, Ch. 41</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEinstein1994" class="citation book cs1">Einstein, Albert (1994). "Education and World Peace, A Message to the Progressive Education Association, November 23, 1934". <i>Ideas and Opinions: With An Introduction by Alan Lightman, Based on Mein Weltbild, edited by Carl Seelig, and Other Sources, New Translations and Revisions by Sonja Bargmann</i>. 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Wells bibliography">Bibliography</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Time_Machine" title="The Time Machine">The Time Machine</a></i> (1895)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wonderful_Visit" title="The Wonderful Visit">The Wonderful Visit</a></i> (1895)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau" title="The Island of Doctor Moreau">The Island of Doctor Moreau</a></i> (1896)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wheels_of_Chance" title="The Wheels of Chance">The Wheels of Chance</a></i> (1896)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Invisible_Man" title="The Invisible Man">The Invisible Man</a></i> (1897)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds" title="The War of the Worlds">The War of the Worlds</a></i> (1898)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sleeper_Awakes" title="The Sleeper Awakes">When the Sleeper Wakes</a></i> (1899)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_and_Mr_Lewisham" title="Love and Mr Lewisham">Love and Mr Lewisham</a></i> (1900)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Men_in_the_Moon" title="The First Men in the Moon">The First Men in the Moon</a></i> (1901)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sea_Lady" title="The Sea Lady">The Sea Lady</a></i> (1902)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Food_of_the_Gods_and_How_It_Came_to_Earth" title="The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth">The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth</a></i> (1904)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kipps" title="Kipps">Kipps</a></i> (1905)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Modern_Utopia" title="A Modern Utopia">A Modern Utopia</a></i> (1905)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Days_of_the_Comet" title="In the Days of the Comet">In the Days of the Comet</a></i> (1906)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_War_in_the_Air" title="The War in the Air">The War in the Air</a></i> (1908)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tono-Bungay" title="Tono-Bungay">Tono-Bungay</a></i> (1909)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ann_Veronica" title="Ann Veronica">Ann Veronica</a></i> (1909)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_History_of_Mr_Polly" title="The History of Mr Polly">The History of Mr Polly</a></i> (1910)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sleeper_Awakes" title="The Sleeper Awakes">The Sleeper Awakes</a></i> (1910)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Machiavelli" title="The New Machiavelli">The New Machiavelli</a></i> (1911)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marriage_(novel)" title="Marriage (novel)">Marriage</a></i> (1912)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Passionate_Friends:_A_Novel" title="The Passionate Friends: A Novel">The Passionate Friends</a></i> (1913)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wife_of_Sir_Isaac_Harman" title="The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman">The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman</a></i> (1914)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_Set_Free" title="The World Set Free">The World Set Free</a></i> (1914)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bealby" title="Bealby">Bealby</a></i> (1915)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boon_(novel)" title="Boon (novel)">Boon</a></i> (1915)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Research_Magnificent" title="The Research Magnificent">The Research Magnificent</a></i> (1915)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Britling_Sees_It_Through" title="Mr. Britling Sees It Through">Mr. Britling Sees It Through</a></i> (1916)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_Bishop" title="The Soul of a Bishop">The Soul of a Bishop</a></i> (1917)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joan_and_Peter" title="Joan and Peter">Joan and Peter</a></i> (1918)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Undying_Fire_(Wells_novel)" title="The Undying Fire (Wells novel)">The Undying Fire</a></i> (1919)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Places_of_the_Heart" class="mw-redirect" title="The Secret Places of the Heart">The Secret Places of the Heart</a></i> (1922)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Men_Like_Gods" title="Men Like Gods">Men Like Gods</a></i> (1923)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dream_(novel)" title="The Dream (novel)">The Dream</a></i> (1924)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Christina_Alberta%27s_Father" title="Christina Alberta's Father">Christina Alberta's Father</a></i> (1925)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_of_William_Clissold" title="The World of William Clissold">The World of William Clissold</a></i> (1926)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meanwhile_(novel)" title="Meanwhile (novel)">Meanwhile</a></i> (1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Blettsworthy_on_Rampole_Island" title="Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island">Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Autocracy_of_Mr._Parham" title="The Autocracy of Mr. Parham">The Autocracy of Mr. Parham</a></i> (1930)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bulpington_of_Blup" title="The Bulpington of Blup">The Bulpington of Blup</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shape_of_Things_to_Come" title="The Shape of Things to Come">The Shape of Things to Come</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Croquet_Player" title="The Croquet Player">The Croquet Player</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brynhild_(novel)" title="Brynhild (novel)">Brynhild</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Begotten" title="Star Begotten">Star Begotten</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Camford_Visitation" class="mw-redirect" title="The Camford Visitation">The Camford Visitation</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apropos_of_Dolores" class="mw-redirect" title="Apropos of Dolores">Apropos of Dolores</a></i> (1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brothers_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Brothers (novel)">The Brothers</a></i> (1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Holy_Terror_(Wells_novel)" title="The Holy Terror (Wells novel)">The Holy Terror</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Babes_in_the_Darkling_Wood" class="mw-redirect" title="Babes in the Darkling Wood">Babes in the Darkling Wood</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_Aboard_for_Ararat" title="All Aboard for Ararat">All Aboard for Ararat</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Be_Too_Careful" class="mw-redirect" title="You Can't Be Too Careful">You Can't Be Too Careful</a></i> (1941)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Nonfiction</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Anticipations" title="Anticipations">Anticipations</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Certain_Personal_Matters" title="Certain Personal Matters">Certain Personal Matters</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crux_Ansata" title="Crux Ansata">Crux Ansata</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Discovery_of_the_Future" title="The Discovery of the Future">The Discovery of the Future</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Englishman_Looks_at_the_World" title="An Englishman Looks at the World">An Englishman Looks at the World</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Experiment_in_Autobiography" title="Experiment in Autobiography">Experiment in Autobiography</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fate_of_Man" class="mw-redirect" title="The Fate of Man">The Fate of Man</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/First_and_Last_Things" title="First and Last Things">First and Last Things</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Floor_Games" title="Floor Games">Floor Games</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Future_in_America" title="The Future in America">The Future in America</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/God_the_Invisible_King" title="God the Invisible King">God the Invisible King</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Fourth_Year" title="In the Fourth Year">In the Fourth Year</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Wars" title="Little Wars">Little Wars</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mankind_in_the_Making" title="Mankind in the Making">Mankind in the Making</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mind_at_the_End_of_Its_Tether" title="Mind at the End of Its Tether">Mind at the End of Its Tether</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Belloc_Objects_to_%22The_Outline_of_History%22" title="Mr. Belloc Objects to "The Outline of History"">Mr. Belloc Objects to "The Outline of History"</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_America:_The_New_World" title="The New America: The New World">The New America</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_World_Order_(Wells_book)" title="The New World Order (Wells book)">The New World Order</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Worlds_for_Old_(Wells_book)" title="New Worlds for Old (Wells book)">New Worlds for Old</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Open_Conspiracy" title="The Open Conspiracy">The Open Conspiracy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Outline_of_History" title="The Outline of History">The Outline of History</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Russia_in_the_Shadows" title="Russia in the Shadows">Russia in the Shadows</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Science_of_Life" title="The Science of Life">The Science of Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A Short History of the World</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_a_Great_Schoolmaster" title="The Story of a Great Schoolmaster">The Story of a Great Schoolmaster</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_Misery_of_Boots" title="This Misery of Boots">This Misery of Boots</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Travels_of_a_Republican_Radical_in_Search_of_Hot_Water" title="Travels of a Republican Radical in Search of Hot Water">Travels of a Republican Radical in Search of Hot Water</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/War_and_the_Future" title="War and the Future">War and the Future</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Way_the_World_Is_Going" title="The Way the World Is Going">The Way the World Is Going</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Work,_Wealth_and_Happiness_of_Mankind" title="The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind">The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/World_Brain" title="World Brain">World Brain</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Year_of_Prophesying" title="A Year of Prophesying">A Year of Prophesying</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Collections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Country_of_the_Blind_and_Other_Stories" title="The Country of the Blind and Other Stories">The Country of the Blind and Other Stories</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Plattner_Story_and_Others" title="The Plattner Story and Others">The Plattner Story and Others</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Select_Conversations_with_an_Uncle" title="Select Conversations with an Uncle">Select Conversations with an Uncle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Stolen_Bacillus_and_Other_Incidents" title="The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents">The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tales_of_Space_and_Time" title="Tales of Space and Time">Tales of Space and Time</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Twelve_Stories_and_a_Dream" class="mw-redirect" title="Twelve Stories and a Dream">Twelve Stories and a Dream</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Short stories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/%C3%86pyornis_Island" title="Æpyornis Island">Æpyornis Island</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Argonauts_of_the_Air" title="The Argonauts of the Air">The Argonauts of the Air</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Beautiful_Suit" title="The Beautiful Suit">The Beautiful Suit</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Chronic_Argonauts" title="The Chronic Argonauts">The Chronic Argonauts</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Cone" title="The Cone">The Cone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Country_of_the_Blind" title="The Country of the Blind">The Country of the Blind</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Crystal_Egg" title="The Crystal Egg">The Crystal Egg</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Deal_in_Ostriches" title="A Deal in Ostriches">A Deal in Ostriches</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Diamond_Maker" title="The Diamond Maker">The Diamond Maker</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Door_in_the_Wall_(short_story)" title="The Door in the Wall (short story)">The Door in the Wall</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Dream_of_Armageddon" title="A Dream of Armageddon">A Dream of Armageddon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Empire_of_the_Ants" title="Empire of the Ants">The Empire of the Ants</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_the_Abyss" title="In the Abyss">In the Abyss</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Land_Ironclads" title="The Land Ironclads">The Land Ironclads</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mr._Ledbetter%27s_Vacation" title="Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation">Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Dynamos" title="The Lord of the Dynamos">The Lord of the Dynamos</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Man_Who_Could_Work_Miracles_(short_story)" title="The Man Who Could Work Miracles (short story)">The Man Who Could Work Miracles</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_New_Accelerator" title="The New Accelerator">The New Accelerator</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Pearl_of_Love" title="The Pearl of Love">The Pearl of Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Plattner_Story" title="The Plattner Story">The Plattner Story</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Queer_Story_of_Brownlow%27s_Newspaper" title="The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper">The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Red_Room_(short_story)" title="The Red Room (short story)">The Red Room</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Sea_Raiders" title="The Sea Raiders">The Sea Raiders</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Star_(Wells_short_story)" title="The Star (Wells short story)">The Star</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Stolen_Body" title="The Stolen Body">The Stolen Body</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Story_of_the_Days_to_Come" title="A Story of the Days to Come">A Story of the Days to Come</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Story_of_the_Stone_Age" title="A Story of the Stone Age">A Story of the Stone Age</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Triumphs_of_a_Taxidermist" title="Triumphs of a Taxidermist">Triumphs of a Taxidermist</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Truth_About_Pyecraft" title="The Truth About Pyecraft">The Truth About Pyecraft</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Vision_of_Judgment" title="A Vision of Judgment">A Vision of Judgment</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Screenplays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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