Audiobooks by H.G. Wells

The War of the Worlds - Audiobook Audiobook

"The War of the Worlds is a science fiction classic that imagines a terrifying Martian invasion of Earth. Told through the eyes of an unnamed narrator in Victorian England, the novel depicts the sudden, devastating arrival of technologically superior alien forces that lay waste to cities and humanity's confidence in its dominance. With chilling realism and visionary imagination, H. G. Wells explores the fragility of civilization and the arrogance of empire. One of the earliest and most influential alien invasion stories ever written, The War of the Worlds remains a powerful tale of survival, fear, and the unknown."

Classic Audiobooks, H.G. Wells (Author), Charles Farrow (Narrator)

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[French] - La Guerre des mondes - Livre Audio

"Lorsque des extraterrestres envahissent la Terre, la civilisation humaine bascule dans le chaos. La Guerre des mondes raconte, avec un réalisme saisissant, l'effondrement soudain de notre monde face à une menace venue d'ailleurs. À la fois roman de science-fiction et critique de la société coloniale, cette œuvre visionnaire de H. G. Wells interroge la fragilité humaine, l'arrogance de la science et l'imprévisibilité de l'univers."

H.G. Wells (Author), Adrien Bellamy (Narrator)

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[French] - La Machine à explorer le temps - Livre Audio

"Un scientifique visionnaire construit une machine capable de voyager dans le temps. Projeté des milliers d'années dans le futur, il découvre une humanité divisée, étrange et inquiétante. Entre émerveillement et horreur, il observe les conséquences lointaines de l'évolution humaine. Avec La Machine à explorer le temps, H. G. Wells invente le concept moderne du voyage temporel. Ce récit fascinant explore la science, le progrès et les dérives de l'humanité."

H.G. Wells, Livres audio en français (Author), Adrien Bellamy (Narrator)

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The Invisible Man | Timeless Classics

"This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. He has the power to vanish—and the world may pay the price. A mysterious stranger arrives in the quiet English village of Iping, swathed in bandages and brimming with secrets. As suspicion grows, the truth is revealed: the man is invisible, the result of a scientific experiment gone terribly wrong. But what begins as a quest for discovery quickly descends into obsession and madness. H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man is a chilling tale of unchecked ambition, isolation, and the dark side of human nature. Blending science fiction with psychological suspense, this classic novel remains as gripping and provocative today as when it was first published."

H.G. Wells (Author), Digital Voice Alistair G (Narrator)

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The Island of Doctor Moreau | Timeless Classics

"This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. A remote island. A mad scientist. And creatures that blur the line between man and beast. When shipwrecked Edward Prendick is rescued and brought to a mysterious island, he soon discovers the horrifying truth: the island is home to grotesque hybrid creatures—part human, part animal—created by the unhinged Dr. Moreau through cruel experiments in vivisection. As Prendick struggles to survive, he’s forced to confront terrifying questions about science, morality, and what it truly means to be human. H.G. Wells’ The Island of Doctor Moreau is a haunting tale of hubris, horror, and the limits of scientific ethics that still resonates today."

H.G. Wells (Author), Digital Voice Alistair G (Narrator)

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Tales of Space and Time | Timeless Classics

"This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Across the stars and through the centuries—H.G. Wells explores the vast unknown. Tales of Space and Time brings together five visionary stories that journey through distant futures, lost civilizations, and the outer reaches of imagination. From the fall of empires on faraway planets to the haunting fate of Earth’s last inhabitants, Wells blends science, fantasy, and philosophical reflection in a masterful display of speculative storytelling. Thought-provoking and richly imaginative, this collection showcases Wells at his most daring—inviting readers to ponder the mysteries of time, the cosmos, and humanity’s place within them."

H.G. Wells (Author), Digital Voice Archie G (Narrator)

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The Time Machine | Timeless Classics

"This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. A journey to the distant future—where humanity is not what it once was. When a brilliant Victorian scientist invents a machine that can travel through time, he launches himself into the far future, only to discover a world both wondrous and terrifying. There, he encounters the gentle Eloi and the sinister Morlocks—two evolved forms of humanity—and uncovers a chilling vision of mankind’s fate. H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine is a groundbreaking tale of time travel and a powerful critique of social division, progress, and the fragility of civilization. A timeless classic that continues to captivate and provoke thought."

H.G. Wells (Author), Digital Voice Archie G (Narrator)

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The Time Machine - Audiobook

"The Time Machine is a groundbreaking science fiction novella by H. G. Wells that introduced the concept of time travel through a mechanical device. The story follows the unnamed Time Traveller as he ventures far into the future, arriving in the year 802,701. There he encounters the peaceful, childlike Eloi and the sinister, subterranean Morlocks, uncovering the disturbing future of humanity. A sharp critique of social class, industrialization, and the human condition, The Time Machine is both a thrilling adventure and a philosophical meditation on progress, decay, and the fate of civilization. Wells's vision remains hauntingly relevant to this day."

Classic Audiobooks, H.G. Wells (Author), Charles Farrow (Narrator)

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World's Greatest Sci-Fi Stories

"Included The Apparition Of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe, Alice Addertongue by Benjamin Franklin, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, Prosper Mérimée by Mateo Falcone, Napoleon And The Spectre by Charlotte Bronte, The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley, Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol, The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask Of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, An Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Frog by Edgar Allan Poe, The Knitted Collar by Mary Anne Hoare, To Be Read At Dusk. by Charles Dickens, The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev, Nobody's Story by Charles Dickens, The Fiddler by Herman Melville, The Lightning-Rod Man by Herman Melville, Selecting The Faculty by Robert Carlton, The Cold Embrace by Mary E. Braddon, Journalism In Tennessee by Mark Twain, The Luck Of Roaring Camp by Bret Harte, A Jersey Centenarian by Bret Harte, The Notorious Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County by Mark Twain, The Peterkins Decide To Learn The Languages by Lucretia Peabody Hale, The Dream Of A Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Parson's Horse Race by Harriet Beecher Stowe, How I killed a bear by Charles Dudley Warner, My Uncle Jules by Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, A White Heron Sarah Orne Jewett, The Goophered Grapevine, The Sphinx Without A Secret by Oscar Wilde, The Invaders by Leo Tolstoy, The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde, A New England Nun by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Squire Petrick's Lady by Thomas Hardy, An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce, A Ghost Story by Jerome K. Jerome, Désirée's Baby by Kate Chopin, The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce, Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce, The Idiot's Journalism Scheme, Active Colorado Real Estate, The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes by H.G. Wells, The Veteran by Stepehn Crane, Rollo Learning To Read by Robert J. Burdette, A Pair Of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin, The Open Boat by Stephen Crane, The Tables Of The Law by W.B. Yeats, The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane, Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov, The Storm by Kate Chopin, The Darling by Anton Chekhov, Wee Willie Winkie by Rudyard Kipling, The White Silence by Jack London, How Old Timofei Died With A Song by Rainer Maria Rilke, The Path To The Cemetery by Thomas Mann, With Other Eyes by Luigi Pirandello, The Leopard Man's Story by Jack London, A Piece Of String by Guy de Maupassant, Home Sickness by George Moore, The Open Window by H.H. Munro (Saki), A Wagner Matinée by Willa Cather, The Set Of Poe by George Ade, The Furnished Room by O. Henry, The Gift Of The Magi by O. Henry, The Last Leaf by O. Henry, The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster, The Enchanted Bluff by Willa Cather, The Cottagette by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Germans At Meat by Katherine Mansfield, Tobermory by Saki, How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped by Katherine Mansfield, Smoke by Djuna Barnes, The Blind Man by James Stephens, If I Were A Man by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ivy Day In The Committee Room by James Joyce, Eveline by James Joyce, The Damned by Algernon Blackwood, The Damned by Algernon Blackwood. Part 2., The Prussian Officer by D.H. Lawrence, The Signal by Vsevolod M. Garshin, The White Mother by Theodor Sologub, The Ploughing Of Leaca-Na-Naomh by Daniel Corkery, The Judgment by Franz Kafka, The Coffin-Maker by Alexander Pushkin, Mrs. Frola And Mr. Ponza, Her Son-In-Law by Luigi Pirandello, The Blind Ones by Isaak Babel, Pink Flannel by Ford Maddox Ford, A Country Doctor by Franz Kafka, The Egg by Sherwood Anderson, The Mark On The Wall by Virginia Woolf, The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield, The Leather Funnel by Arthur Conan Doyle, A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka, A Raid Night by H.M. Tomlinson, My Old Man by Ernest Hemingway, The Broken Boot by John Galsworthy, The Call Of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft."

Ambrose Bierce, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Daniel Defoe, E.M. Forster, Edgar Allan Poe, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Guy De Maupassant, H.G. Wells, Herman Melville, Jack London, Kate Chopin, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mateo Falcone, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nikolai Gogol, Oscar Wilde, Stephen Crane, Washington Irving (Author), Chase Cooper (Narrator)

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Tono-Bungay

"First published in 1909, Tono-Bungay is one of H.G. Wells’s most striking novels, blending sharp social critique with personal reflection. It tells the story of George Ponderevo, a scientifically minded young man who becomes entangled in the world of speculative business through his uncle’s fraudulent patent medicine, Tono-Bungay. Through George’s journey—from an obscure provincial upbringing to the heights of financial success and eventual disillusionment—Wells offers a biting satire of Edwardian capitalism, class mobility, and the moral compromises of ambition. While Tono-Bungay is often read as a critique of reckless entrepreneurship, it is also a deeply personal work, reflecting Wells’s own concerns about progress, empire, and the fleeting nature of wealth. The novel captures the tension between scientific idealism and the chaotic forces of commerce, making it as relevant today as it was over a century ago. At once humorous and tragic, sweeping and intimate, Tono-Bungay remains one of Wells’s finest literary achievements—a novel that continues to provoke thought about the nature of success and the price of modernity."

H.G. Wells (Author), Simon Hester (Narrator)

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50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 8

"50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories Vol. 8 Step into a time machine of imagination with 50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories Vol. 8 — a thrilling audio collection featuring over 32 hours of classic science fiction from the golden age of the genre: the 1890s through the 1960s. These mind-bending tales come from legendary authors who shaped the future before it arrived — including Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Edgar Allan Poe, Harlan Ellison, H. P. Lovecraft, Jack London, H. G. Wells, Clifford D. Simak, Robert Silverberg, Fritz Leiber, Harry Harrison, Robert Sheckley, Michael Shaara, Noel Loomis, Zenna Henderson, Alfred Bester, Henry Kuttner, Katherine MacLean, Donald E. Westlake, Mack Reynolds, Raymund Z. Gallun, Nelson S. Bond, Clark Ashton Smith, Donald A. Wollheim, Randall Garrett, Alfred Coppel, Lyn Venable, William Tenn, Robert Moore Williams, Francis Stevens, Miriam Allen DeFord, Frank Belknap Long, Harl Vincent, James Rosenquest, Edward Page Mitchell, Winston Marks, G. Peyton Wertenbaker and Clyde Beck. Whether you’re a lifelong fan or just discovering the genre, this anthology delivers thought-provoking adventures, speculative visions, and timeless storytelling that defined an era. Relive the past. Imagine the future. Own a piece of sci-fi history."

Alfred Bester, Alfred Coppel, Arthur C. Clarke, Charles Dye, Clark Ashton Smith, Clifford D. Simak, Clyde Beck, Donald A. Wollheim, Donald E. Westlake, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Page Mitchell, Francis Stevens, Frank Belknap Long, Fritz Leiber, G. Peyton Wertenbaker, H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Harl Vincent, Harlan Ellison, Harry Harrison, Henry Kuttner, Isaac Asimov, Jack London, James Rosenquest, Katherine MacLean, Lyn Venable, Mack Reynolds, Michael Shaara, Miriam Allen DeFord, Nelson S. Bond, Noel Loomis, Philip K. Dick, Randall Garrett, Raymond Z. Gallun, Robert Moore Williams, Robert Sheckley, Robert Silverberg, William Tenn, Winston Marks, Zenna Henderson (Author), Scott Miller (Narrator)

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Fall Asleep to Tales of Space and Time: Sleepy sci-fi stories for adults

"Step into the imaginative world of Tales of Space and Time, the visionary collection by H.G. Wells, narrated by the soothing voice of Andrew Bond and produced by Slumber Studios. If restless nights or an overactive mind are keeping you awake, this audiobook is designed to gently lull you into a peaceful and restorative sleep. Close your eyes, relax, and let Andrew Bond’s calming narration transport you through a series of extraordinary tales that explore the mysteries of the cosmos, the wonders of the future, and the timeless questions of humanity’s place in the universe. Experience the awe, curiosity, and quiet contemplation of these classic stories while drifting into deep relaxation. At Slumber Studios, we create tranquil content designed to help you unwind and fall asleep effortlessly. This audiobook features slow, gentle narration paired with soft background music, offering the perfect escape into dreamland. If you’re seeking a peaceful way to end your day, this is the perfect choice. Simply press play, get comfortable, and let Andrew’s serene voice carry you through the fascinating worlds of Tales of Space and Time. Wake up feeling refreshed, with a sense of wonder and calm to start your day."

H.G. Wells (Author), Andrew Bond (Narrator)

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