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"Did H. G. Wells, author of The Time Machine and War of the Worlds, plagiarize the book that made his fortune?" "Published in 1920 at the peak of his career, the Outline of History was a sweeping chronicle of the world. A departure for Wells, who was best known for his autobiographical fiction and futuristic fantasy, The Outline became his bestselling book ever.". "Two years earlier, Florence Deeks, a "spinster" and amateur student of history, sent a similar work to Wells's North American publisher. Deeks intended to set the record straight by writing the first feminist history of the world. Her finished manuscript, which the publisher kept for eight months and returned in a dogeared condition, was ultimately rejected and never published.". "Upon publication of Wells's massive opus (1,324 pages), which he completed in a miraculous eighteen months, Deeks discovered similarities between the two texts. The books had matching structures, scopes, and even contained identical factual errors and omissions." "H.G. Wells, a known philanderer, usually had his way with women - not so with Florence Deeks. In 1925 Deeks launched a $500,000 lawsuit against Wells, claiming that in an act of "lite

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Author

McKillop, A.B.

Publisher

Four Walls Eight Windows

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781568582368

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, History

Rating

3.05 / 5 (16 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14