H. G. Wells, Ann Veronica

Joshua Grasso (East Central University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Newman University), Louise McDonald (Newman University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1909

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

The modern reader may be surprised that one of Wells’ most shocking books – at least for his contemporaries – was not the one that took his protagonist to a world of savage Morlocks who cannibalize the ethereal Eloi; nor was it the book that had an advanced civilization invade Earth and reduce London to rubble. Far more threatening than these speculative romances was a book set in the immediate present, featuring a creature far more dangerous than either Martians or the Invisible Man. The novel was Ann Veronica, and its heroine was one of those dreaded “New Women” who haunted the pages of Victorian/Edwardian novels. Taking his cue from the Grant Allen’s 1895 novel, The Woman Who Did, …

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Citation: Grasso, Joshua. "Ann Veronica". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 January 2023 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=6593, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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