The New Machiavelli Herbert George Wells 9781248349298 Books
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<title> The New Machiavelli
<author> Herbert George Wells
<publisher> Duffield & Company, 1910
<subjects> Political Science; Political Ideologies; Communism & Socialism; Fiction / Classics; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism; Statesmen
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The New Machiavelli Herbert George Wells 9781248349298 Books Reviews
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It's difficult to believe this dark and somber work was written by the same Wells who produced such comic delights as “The History of Mr. Polly”, “Love and Mr. Lewisham”, “Tono Bungay” and “Kipps”.
It is an “autobiography” by an English politician in the first decade of the 20th century who betrays his party (Liberals) by ditching it for the opposition (Conservatives). In doing so, he also abandons his wife for another woman and although he may have stuck by his principles (if he ever had any) he ends up ruining his career and personal life. In the character of Richard Remington, Wells created a damning portrait of an insufferable, egoistic, pontificating windbag whose attempts to set an agenda to “improve” society – whether to uphold the British Empire or allow women to play a greater part in social life - pays no attention to the effects on the people he is supposed to represent.
It is a hard read at times as Wells brings up contemporary topics and names that are almost forgotten nowadays but it is a must if you are an admirer or student of Wells. Much of what he – or his narrator – says is still highly relevant over a century after the book was published.
You gotta love public domain. I love downloading great classics for free. HG Wells' writing has stood the test of time. His stories are still creative and intelligent; entertaining without gore, violence, and gratuitous printed porno scenes.
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H.G. Wells is known best by his Science Fiction—War of the Worlds, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, and other classics—but he also wrote stories that more properly fit in the "Literature" genre. The New Machiavelli seems to fall into this category.
I very much dislike "Literature." This genre has produced many great stories, but so many stories of this genre that I've read seemed boring and pointless, a slice of life best left uncovered. For the most part, this story is no exception. To me, Wells was a genius as a writer, and it shows here, but his tendency to belabor even the smallest observations about his characters, his scenes, or topographical areas leads to a tedium that encourages the reader to put the book down and go watch a movie.
With his writing, Wells has the ability to make it all seem real, to often bring the reader to tears, or to make him laugh out loud. This story contains all of that, and some high-flown emotional language into the bargain. Wells held nothing back. That's part of the problem; but it also gives the reader some good moments as well.
The most tedious part was the first half of the story. It's written in an autobiographical style (whether based on Wells's actual life, or made up, I have no idea). The interesting part is the childhood, but when it starts into his adulthood, it concerns itself tediously with politics. He's mostly immersed in Socialism of early 1900s England, and uses disturbing Socialist ideas like, "...serve that end, to subdue the undisciplined worker and undisciplined weath to it..." or "An uneducated, underbred, and underfed propertyless man is a man who has lost the possibility of liberty...A man who is swimming hopelessly for life wants nothing but the liberty to get out of the water; he'll give every other liberty away for it—until he gets out."
But about halfway through the story Wells's character discovers that it all seems false to him, his way of life, his political views, his marriage, and he switches to the Opposition. This is where the story becomes more interesting. He uses phrases like, "We Liberals have done more mischief through well-intentioned benevolence than all the selfishness in the world could have done."
The story ends without a firm resolution of what he is to do with the rest of his life. He's with his mistress—itself an episode extremely well told, as he wars with himself about the propriety and the scandal of it—and they are leaving London, his home, perhaps forever. He has regrets, and he has a bit of joy about the future, and the story leaves it there. In fact, the last few chapters of the story almost make the reading of the story worth while.
I rate this one at three out of five stars. I wouldn't read it again, but reading Wells is an experience, and I'm glad I didn't miss this one.
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