Essential Novelists - George Griffith: edwardian science-fiction

by George Griffith, August Nemo

Overview

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of George Griffith wich are A Honeymoon in Space and The Angel of the Revolution. Griffith was extremely popular in the United Kingdom, though he failed to find similar acclaim in the United States, in part due to his utopian socialist views. A journalist, rather than scientist, by background, what his stories lack in scientific rigour and literary grace they make up for in sheer exuberance of execution. Novels selected for this book: - A Honeymoon in Space - The Angel of the RevolutionThis is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783968589527
Publisher:	Tacet Books
Publication date:	05/09/2020
Series:	Essential Novelists , #123
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	383
File size:	611 KB

About the Author

George Griffith (18571906), full name George Chetwynd Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age. Many of his visionary tales appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly before being published as novels. Griffith was extremely popular in the United Kingdom, though he failed to find similar acclaim in the United States, in part due to his utopian socialist views. A journalist, rather than scientist, by background, what his stories lack in scientific rigour and literary grace they make up for in sheer exuberance of execution.