The Book Club: Claire Tomalin on Young H G Wells
Best of the Spectator · The Spectator
November 3, 202125m 8s
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Show Notes
<div>In this week’s Book Club podcast, Sam's guest is Claire Tomalin. Claire’s new book, <em>The Young H G Wells: Changing the World,</em> tracks the extraordinary life and rocket-powered career of one of the most influential writers of the Edwardian age. She talks to Sam about how drapery’s loss was literature’s gain, why casting the goatish Wells as a #metoo villain isn’t quite right - and why we should all be reading <em>Tono-Bungay.<br><br></em>Subscribe to <em>The Spectator</em> today and get a £20 Amazon gift voucher:<br><a href="http://www.spectator.co.uk/voucher">www.spectator.co.uk/voucher</a> </div>
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