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The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

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I Introduction II The Machine III The Time Traveller Returns IV Time Travelling V In the Golden Age VI The Sunset of Mankind VII A Sudden Shock VIII Explanation IX The Morlocks X When Night Came XI The Palace of Green Porcelain XII In the Darkness XIII The Trap of the White Sphinx XIV The Further Vision XV The Time Traveller’s Return XVI After the Story Epilogue…

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  • AuthorH. G. Wells
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #35
  • Length32,301 words · 2h 09m of reading
  • Chapters18
  • DictionaryNot yet generated
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

18 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

  1. 01An Invention
  2. 02I. Introduction
  3. 03II. The Machine
  4. 04III. The Time Traveller Returns
  5. 05IV. Time Travelling
  6. 06V. In the Golden Age
  7. 07VI. The Sunset of Mankind
  8. 08VII. A Sudden Shock
  9. 09VIII. Explanation
  10. 10IX. The Morlocks
  11. 11X. When Night Came
  12. 12XI. The Palace of Green Porcelain
  13. 13XII. In the Darkness
  14. 14XIII. The Trap of the White Sphinx
  15. 15XIV. The Further Vision
  16. 16XV. The Time Traveller’s Return
  17. 17XVI. After the Story
  18. 18Epilogue

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