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Winder, Simon

Simon Winder is the author of The Man Who Saved Britain, a book about James Bond’s peculiar place in the British imagination, and a trilogy on the history of German-speakers and their neighbours: Germania, Danubia and Lotharingia.

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A Long Way from Surrey

Simon Winder on H. G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau

A decade ago I took a decision which has made me happy ever since. At Christmas I would read only short books. This switch was first achieved when I decided to limit my holiday reading to the four extraordinary little fantasies that H. G. Wells wrote in quick succession, starting in 1894 at a desk in a Sevenoaks boarding-house: The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds. When he had finished he had gone from total obscurity to being one of the most famous authors in the world.

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