The Time Machine, in 1895, was the first short novel Wells published.

That is where the Time Traveller stops and meets the Eloi.

We never learn the hero's name. He is just the Time Traveller.

The American and British editions of 1895 have different texts.

Part of chapter 13 of the magazine serial is missing from both 1895 books.

At the end he sees crab-like creatures on a red beach under a dying sun.

Wells worked on it during his very productive time in Woking.

It was filmed in 1960 and again in 2002.

The Time Machine

Surprising facts

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His first novella
The Time Machine, in 1895, was the first short novel Wells published.
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Year 802,701
That is where the Time Traveller stops and meets the Eloi.
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No name
We never learn the hero's name. He is just the Time Traveller.
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Two first editions
The American and British editions of 1895 have different texts.
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A lost scene
Part of chapter 13 of the magazine serial is missing from both 1895 books.
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30 million years
At the end he sees crab-like creatures on a red beach under a dying sun.
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Written in Woking
Wells worked on it during his very productive time in Woking.
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Screen versions
It was filmed in 1960 and again in 2002.
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