The Time Machine (Enriched Classics)

An unnamed Time Traveller builds a machine that transports him to the year 802,701 AD. He encounters a world inhabited by two species: the Eloi, peaceful and childlike creatures living in massive, deteriorating structures, and the Morlocks, pale simian beings dwelling underground who hunt the Eloi. When the Traveller's machine is stolen, he must evade the Morlocks to recover it, eventually escaping by moving rapidly through time. He later witnesses Earth's final days on a frozen red beach thirty million years in the future. This novella by H. G. Wells was the first of his "scientific romances." It combines adventure with philosophical inquiry into progress and human mortality. The concept of time travel introduced here has influenced numerous subsequent writers, artists, and filmmakers. This ebook edition has been professionally proofread for accuracy and readability across devices.