

Certain Personal Matters is a collection of autobiographical writings by H. G. Wells, one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. The book contains a variety of materials, including essays, sketches, and short stories, all of which provide insight into Wells' personal...







Certain Personal Matters - A Collection of Material, Mainly Autobiographical is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and...

"Certain Personal Matters" is a collection of humorous and witty essays written by H. G. Wells. The essays span a variety of different topics but can perhaps most accurately be considered as a humorous and cynical look at the customs of his day. Highly recommended for fans and...

A fresh, four-fact hook: certain personal matters rise with sharpened wit and a humane gaze, inviting readers to meet a world where everyday life is quietly, pointedly observed. This short stories collection gathers early twentieth century fiction that braids satirical social...

But, as I say, our ideas are changing-mahogany has gone, and repp curtains. Articles are made for man, nowadays, and not man, by careful early training, for articles. I feel myself to be in many respects a link with the past. Commodities come like the spring flowers, and vanish...


Certain Personal Matters is an 1897 collection of essays selected by H. G. Wells from among the many short essays and ephemeral pieces he had written since 1893. The essays in Certain Personal Matters are written from a consistent first-person perspective, but only one (ironically,...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original...


Certain Personal Matters By H. G. Wells





An 1897 collection of essays selected by H. G. Wells from among the many short essays and ephemeral pieces he had written since 1893. The book consists of thirty-nine pieces ranging from about eight hundred to two thousand words in length. A one-shilling reprint (two shillings...