Rollyson, Carl. Rebecca West: A Saga of the Century. Hodder and Stoughton, 1995.
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H. G. Wells
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Standard Name: Wells, H. G.
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began writing in his childhood and publishing just before the close of the nineteenth century. He was a journalist, novelist, historian and autobiographer, whose favourite fictional genres are science fiction on one hand and on the other realistic explorations of social and political conditions, including women's issues.
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Iris Tree | Writer, critic, and caricaturist Sir Max Beerbohm
was IT
's half-uncle, the youngest son from Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's father's second marriage. Best remembered for his drawings and caricatures of the famous, Beerbohm also wrote... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Rebecca West | RW
ended her liaison with H. G. Wells
when she sailed for America on a lecture tour. Hammond, John Richard. H. G. Wells and Rebecca West. Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991. 142 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ling Shuhua | During his youth, Chen
spent a decade in Britain, studying literature at Edinburgh University, then moving to the |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Cecily Mackworth | CM
later wrote that the search for love was interwoven with many events of her life; she felt her judgement was poor in matters of the heart, and connected this with the loss of her... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Rebecca West | Through the 1920s, RW
had several brief and sometimes conflicted romantic liaisons with men. In 1920 she made some moves towards having an affair with Compton Mackenzie
in retaliation for Wells
's continuing infidelities. During... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Violet Hunt | VH
had an affair with H. G. Wells
while he was married to his second wife
and also involved with author Dorothy Richardson
. Belford, Barbara. Violet. Simon and Schuster, 1990. 118 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Fay Weldon | During her marriage she and Edgar entertained the literary and avant-garde world: she later regaled her grand-daughter with irreverent stories of Joseph Conrad
, Jean Rhys
(Such a louche young woman), qtd. in Weldon, Fay. Auto da Fay. Flamingo, 2002. 102 |
| Fictionalization | Violet Hunt | In addition to the autobiographical strain running through some of her own work, VH
inspired characters created by several other writers. She is reimagined as Carlotta Peel in Sacred and Profane Love (1905) by Arnold Bennett |
| Fictionalization | Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda | In 1937 H. G. Wells
, who had crossed swords with MHVR
before that, depicted her as the unpleasant Lady Roundabout, editor of a weekly women's magazine called Wear and Tear. Bland, Lucy. “Book Reviews: Angela V. John, Turning the Tide: The Life of Lady RhonddaWomens History, Vol. 2 , No. 1, 1 Mar.–31 May 2015, pp. 25-6. 26 |
| Fictionalization | Beatrice Webb | H. G. Wells
caricatured her (along with Sidney, of course) in The New Machiavelli as Altiora Bailey. Briggs, Julia. A Woman of Passion: The Life of E. Nesbit, 1858-1924. Hutchinson, 1987. 315 |
| Fictionalization | Elizabeth von Arnim | EA
inspired a number of creative portraits by her contemporaries during the earlier part of her career. Probably the best-known is the character of Mrs Failing in E. M. Forster
's novel The Longest Journey... |
| Fictionalization | Amber Reeves | After the appearance of her first three novels, two critics gave AR
a significant place in accounts of the current state of fiction. R. Brimley Johnson
characterised her as a sex-explorer, free from either... |
| Friends, Associates | Freya Stark | Through her association with Jeyes, FS
met such literary figures as H. G. Wells
and W. B. Yeats
. She also campaigned for the Anti-Suffrage League
and met key figures in the group, including its... |
| Friends, Associates | Stella Benson | SB
became a close friend of the artists Cuthbert
and Lady Eileen Orde
. Grant, Joy. Stella Benson: A Biography. Macmillan, 1987. 241 Grant, Joy. Stella Benson: A Biography. Macmillan, 1987. 244, 245-6 |
| Friends, Associates | Beatrice Webb | Their closest friends were statesman R. B. Haldane
, Labour leader Arthur Henderson
, Liberal politician Herbert Samuel
, G. B. Shaw
, and political psychologist Graham Wallas
, the last two both Fabians. They... |
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