Travels to Countries Afar, Travels into the Future

We have finished Gulliver's Travels and seen how a stranger can observe a new world with new social customs.

H. G. Wells published The Time Machine in 1895, almost two centuries after Swift published Gulliver's Travels. However, both novels are remarkably similar in social criticism and theme. While Gulliver's Travels is a satirical work (making fun of the English Parliamentary folly), The Time Machine uses problems with humanity to create a future-looking science fiction novel.

Soon, we will complete this comparison chart of the two novels.

The Time Machine is available in free audio book online at the following links:

• http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17401/17401-readme.htm
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OroP6b_dBik
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3LI9UingiE

The Time Machine is available for free on the kindle app or online at these websites:

• http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/WelTime.html
• http://www.online-literature.com/wellshg/timemachine/1/
• http://www.literaturepage.com/read/thetimemachine.html
• http://www.bartleby.com/1000/