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The Time Machine

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The Time Machine

By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Brian Cox
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Penguin Classics presents H. G. Wells' The Time Machine, adapted for audio and now available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actor Brian Cox. 'Great shapes like big machines rose out of the dimness, and cast grotesque black shadows, in which dim spectral Morlocks sheltered from the glare'. Chilling, prophetic and hugely influential, The Time Machine sees a Victorian scientist propel himself into the year 802,701 AD, where he is delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty and contentment in the form of the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man. But he soon realises that they are simply remnants of a once-great culture - now weak and living in terror of the sinister Morlocks lurking in the deep tunnels, who threaten his very return home. H. G. Wells defined much of modern science fiction with this 1895 tale of time travel, which questions humanity, society, and our place on Earth.

Part of a series of vintage recordings taken from the Penguin Archives. Affordable, collectable, quality productions - perfect for on-the-go listening.

Public Domain (P)2012 Penguin Audio Action & Adventure Adventure Classics Science Fiction Time Travel Fiction

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Wells was a visionary! If you can't draw parallels between the Eloi and modern society, perhaps you've become one already.

The Eloi are a warning to the west! Take heed.

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Brian Cox reads with such descriptive emotion. it is a well narrated incarnation of one of Wells' greatest works of fiction

simply brilliant.

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A fantastic story of classic science fiction, brilliantly read and gripping, if you like H.P Lovecraft then you are in for a treat with this

Riveting

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A classic story and well read.
I have always felt the story falls flat as it progresses, but it's a wonderful and intelligent story of it's age.

Well read classic.

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Although this is listed as abridged its actually a wee bit longer than another which is listed as unabridged. Great classic story read fantastically by Brian Cox (amazing actor one, not oooh arent stars great one)

great stuff

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