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A congregation of gentlemen, inclusive of the storyteller, lend their ears to the Time Traveller as he expounds his belief that time is the fourth dimension. The Time Traveller showcases a tiny model of a time machine, making it vanish into the ether. When the group reconvenes a week later, they find their disheveled and weary host arriving late, initiating his tale post dinner.

The Time Traveller chronicles his journey into the future, specifically to the year 802,701 AD, in his newly completed time mechanism. He encounters the Eloi, diminutive, peaceful humanoids living in an idyllic world who welcome him with fruits. Upon returning from his exploration, he discovers his time contraption missing, deducing it's possibly concealed within a statue's base nearby. He catches sight of peculiar ape-like entities, dubbed Morlocks by the Eloi, who dwell underground. In the course of his adventures, he rescues and befriends an Eloi named Weena. Venturing into the subterranean world of the Morlocks to reclaim his machine, he equips himself with matches as a deterrent against these creatures. Despite being chased out, he musters the courage to seek a safe haven for himself and Weena from the night-prowling Morlocks. His journey leads him to an establishment he refers to as the Palace of Green Porcelain, revealed to be a museum. There, he arms himself with more matches, camphor, and a lever as a weapon. A large-scale fire breaks out amidst their escape from the Morlocks through a vast forest, resulting in several Morlock casualties, as well as Weena's demise. Returning to the statue base, the Time Traveller discovers it already forced open. He takes a leap of faith onto his machine just as the Morlocks believe they've cornered him, rapidly transporting him further into the future.

The Time Traveller makes numerous additional stops in his journey. He lands on a beach in a distant era where he confronts giant crabs while a massive, static red sun dominates the sky. Journeying to a point thirty million years into the future, he encounters a barely breathable atmosphere and a single life form, a tentacled dark blob. Observing a celestial body eclipse the sun, he finally exhausts himself and returns to his original era. However, he embarks on another journey the following day, from which he never returns.

The Time Machine

La Máquina del Tiempo

Our protagonist, a resident of a town just outside London, narrates a tale of Martian invasion on Earth towards the end of the nineteenth century. When a falling star lands near his home, he along with several scientists discovers it's a large metallic cylinder housing extraterrestrial beings from Mars. These Martians, piloting large machines resembling creatures, emerge from the cylinder. They possess superior technology including a Heat-Ray, capable of incinerating anything in its path, as they demonstrate by annihilating the crowd gathered around the crash site, narrowly sparing the Narrator.

Despite the danger, life continues for the oblivious locals around the crash site. Military forces are deployed and another Martian cylinder lands, prompting the protagonist to seek refuge in Leatherhead, another town on the outskirts of London, with his wife. Upon returning to his town, Woking, he encounters more Martian machines and an artilleryman who describes the devastating power of the Heat-Ray. The protagonist and artilleryman barely escape a confrontation with the Martians at the Thames river. Meanwhile, the Narrator's brother successfully aids in the escape of two women amidst a mass exodus from London. 

The protagonist and a clerical associate find themselves trapped in a partially destroyed building due to another Martian cylinder landing. Owing to the Cleric's erratic behavior drawing attention, he is taken by the Martians, barely sparing the protagonist's life. Eventually, the protagonist discovers the Martians have all succumbed to earthly bacteria, having no immunity due to the lack thereof on Mars. Despite the massive loss, the protagonist believes the Martian invasion was beneficial in making humans aware of extraterrestrial threats. However, he remains haunted by the death and destruction he witnessed.

The War of the Worlds

La Guerra de los Mundos

The Island of Dr. Moreau

La Isla del Dr. Moreau

The Invisible Man

El Hombre Invisible

The First Men in the Moon

Los Primeros Hombres en la Luna

The Sleeper Awakes

El Durmiente Despierta

The Food of the Gods

El Alimento de los Dioses

Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought

Anticipaciones de la Reacción del Progreso Mecánico y Científico sobre la Vida y el Pensamiento Humanos

8 Best HG Wells Books of All Time

The Time Machine

The War of the Worlds

The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Invisible Man

The First Men in the Moon

The Sleeper Awakes

The Food of the Gods

Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought

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8 Best HG Wells Books of All Time

The Time Machine

The War of the Worlds

The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Invisible Man

The First Men in the Moon

The Sleeper Awakes

The Food of the Gods

Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought

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