Two classic science fiction novels in one handsome volume.
Here are two masterpieces of irony and imaginative vision from the father of science fiction. The Time Machine propels the Time Traveller into a distant, dismal, Darwinian future. The Invisible Man tells of a brash young scientist who becomes invisible, then insane.

《写给年轻人的简明世界史》是20世纪初英国现实主义小说三杰之一赫伯特·威尔斯的一部世界史力作。全书共六十七章，用轻松的笔调，简洁的语言，讲述了从生命诞生到第一次世界大战结束的人类历史，世界历史的重大事件、风云人物、辉煌文明、灿烂文化在作者的笔下栩栩如生。《写给年轻人的简明世界史》融古今于一体，既讲述过去，又论及未来，读来饶有趣味，不忍释手。同时编者配入300余幅与文字契合的精美图片，力图使读者能够更直观、更真切地感受历史的进程，在较短的时间内把握人类伟大文明的历史脉络，从中获得更丰富的知识和更广阔的文化视野。

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Dr. Moreau, a scientist expelled from his homeland for cruel experiments, finds a deserted island where he can create hideous creatures with manlike intelligence. But as the rigid order on Moreau's island dissolves, the consequences of his experiments emerge-and his creations revert to beasts more shocking than nature could devise.

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, who found it horrifying and blasphemous. They wanted to know more about the wondrous possibilities of science shown in his first book, The Time Machine, not its potential for misuse and terror. In The Island of Dr. Moreau a shipwrecked gentleman named Edward Prendick, stranded on a Pacific island lorded over by the notorious Dr. Moreau, confronts dark secrets, strange creatures, and a reason to run for his life.
While this riveting tale was intended to be a commentary on evolution, divine creation, and the tension between human nature and culture, modern readers familiar with genetic engineering will marvel at Wells’s prediction of the ethical issues raised by producing “smarter” human beings or bringing back extinct species. These levels of interpretation add a richness to Prendick’s adventures on Dr. Moreau’s island of lost souls without distracting from what is still a rip-roaring good read.

On a cold day in February, a stranger arrives in the village of Iping. He wears gloves and dark glasses, even inside, and his face is covered in bandages. Soon crimes occur that cannot be explained, and the townspeople realize the unthinkable truth: the strange man is invisible--and he is slowly going mad.The Invisible Man is a dangerous enemy who must be stopped. But if no one can see him, how can he be caught?

威尔斯的《世界简史》共有六十七章，从宇宙中的地球写起，一直讲到第一次世界大战后的“凡尔赛和约”，从人类文明的开始到第一次世界大战结束，再现了人类文明酸甜苦辣的历程。
作者抛弃了堆积枯燥的文学史料，以抽丝剥茧的方式将冗长繁杂的文学史料简化精炼，简洁明了、脉络清晰地再现了这段历史，堪称大众通俗世界史的经典之作。