English Masterworks Library / The Time Machine

In a quiet laboratory in Victorian London, a brilliant scientist known only as the Time Traveller discovers the key to the fourth dimension. With a flash of light and a leap through the centuries, he is propelled 800,000 years into the future—to a world that is far from the utopia he imagined. The Earth is now inhabited by two strange, diverging races: the frail, childlike Eloi, who live in sunlit ease, and the savage, light-fearing Morlocks, who dwell in the dark bowels of the earth. As the Time Traveller’s machine disappears, he is forced into a desperate struggle for survival, uncovering a terrifying truth about the ultimate fate of mankind. H. G. Wells’ groundbreaking novella is the foundational masterpiece of modern science fiction. A chilling, visionary tale that explores the limits of evolution, social class, and time itself. Journey to the end of time and witness the destiny of the human race.