ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Time Machine, first novel by H. G. Wells, published in book form in 1895. The novel is considered one of the earliest works of science fiction and the progenitor of the “time travel” subgenre.

Detailed explanation-2: -As in The Time Machine there are mixes of both utopian and dystopian elements in the story.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Time Machine starts off as a deceptive communist utopia that is ultimately revealed to be an exaggerated future vision of capitalist dystopia. At the time of his writing, industrialist capitalism had been going on for many years. According to Hoppen, “By 1850 Britain had become the workshop of the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine offers a dystopian vision of humanity’s future. A scientist builds a time machine and travels to future. He finds that humanity has devolved into two races: the childlike Eloi and the monstrous Morlocks. His machine disappears, so he explores the future world.