Ann Veronica, H. G. Wells
Ann Veronica, H. G. Wells
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Ann Veronica

Author: H. G. Wells

Narrator: Carolyn Seymour

Unabridged: 9 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/04/2009

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

At twentyone, the passionate and headstrong Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to rule her own life. When her autocratic father forbids her, via formal letter, from attending a fashionable artschool ball, and even further refuses to allow her advanced study of science, she decides she has no choice but to leave her family home and make a fresh start alone. She escapes the stodgy suburbs to London, enrolling as a student of biology and immersing herself in a world of intellectuals, socialists, and suffragettes. Soon, however, she finds that freedom comes at a price, when she meets the brilliant Capes, a married academic, and falls hopelessly in love. A fascinating description of the womans suffrage movement, Ann Veronica offers an optimistic depiction of one womans sexual awakening and search for independence.

About H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells, better known as H. G. Wells, was a novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian who wrote over 100 books. His novels are among the classic works of science fiction. His works, which go beyond ordinary adventure stories, are thought-provoking, forcing the reader to examine the future of mankind.

Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, in 1866. His father was a shopkeeper and a professional cricketer until he broke his leg. Wells studied biology at the Normal School of Science in London and later taught in several private schools. In 1893, he became a full-time writer. He married one of his brightest students, Amy Catherine, in 1895.

Wells earned his reputation with a string of science fiction novels, including The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The Invisible Man. In 1938, his realistic portrayal of a martian invasion in The War of the Worlds caused a panic across the United States when it was performed as a radio broadcast by actor Orson Wells. His science fiction stories have since become some of the most filmed works of all time.

Between the two world wars, Wells lived mainly in France. Beyond his literary career, he was the president of an international peace organization (PEN) from 1934 to 1946. In this capacity, he had discussions with both Stalin and Roosevelt, trying to recruit them to his world-saving schemes. However, he later became disillusioned with the cause of peace when global war broke out for the second time in a generation. Throughout the Second World War, Wells lived in his house on Regent's Park, refusing to let the blitz drive him out of London. He died there on August 13, 1946.


Reviews

Goodreads review by MJ on December 09, 2019

An H.G. Wells in a Virago Classic edition? You heard right. The first novel from Wells exploring the New Woman movement in the 1900s, i.e. the proto-proto-feminist movement, the first flush of the suffrage movement (the other, The New Machiavelli is not as interesting), was a scandalous revelation a......more

Goodreads review by Aleksandra on April 06, 2023

Sama činjenica da je jedan muškarac daleke 1909.napisao ovakvo djelo koje podržava žensku slobodu i prava ne dozvoljava mi kao ženi i feministkinji da dam manje od 5⭐️! Tada zabranjivana knjiga, sada samo dokaz da se mnogo šta promijenilo, a suštinski sve ostalo isto, što joj dodaje posebnu dozu gor......more

Goodreads review by Anu on January 25, 2016

So H. G. Wells writes science fiction, right? Right? WRONG!!! From the man who penned such stories as The Time Machine, and The War of the Worlds comes Ann Veronica, a story of feminism, drama, and romance. And no element of science fiction in this book, no Sir. Sure, Vee (can I call her Vee? Everyon......more

Goodreads review by Laura on September 18, 2009

Ann Veronica is the youngest of five children and the only one left at home. Finding a life of "calls, tennis, selected novels, walks and dusting" to be stifling, she has persuaded her father to let her attend college, although only the Tredgold Women's College, not the more prestigious "mixed" coll......more

Goodreads review by Ilona on October 11, 2013

Two sides of H.G. Wells Getting to know that Herbert Wells wrote not only fantastic novels appeared to be a great surprise for me. His Time Machine and War of the Worlds were quite familiar to me, but somehow I've never heard about his social novels. Preparing for my university English literature......more