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The Research Magnificent by H.G. Wells is a novel that explores the idealistic quest of William Porphyry Benham, a man determined to live a life of heroic virtue. Rejecting the ordinary and the mundane, Benham embarks on a journey to achieve greatness, seeking to understand and embody what he believes to be the highest form of human existence. Through his adventures and misadventures, Wells delves into themes of idealism, the nature of greatness, and the tension between individual aspirations and societal expectations. The novel is a profound meditation on the challenges of living a life devoted to lofty ideals.
About the author
English author Herbert George Wells wrote more than fifty novels and several short stories. He was born on 21 September 1866, in Bromley, Kent, and was the fourth and last child of Joseph Wells. Wells married his cousin Isabel Mary Wells in 1891. In 1894 the couple got separated, and he fell in love with one of his students, Amy Catherine Robbins, with whom he relocated to Woking, Surrey, in May 1895. Wells' greatest collection of work, which was lamented by younger authors he had influenced, was produced before the First World War. Wells passed away in his residence at 13 Hanover Terrace, which had an overlooked view of Regent's Park, in London on August 13, 1946, at the age of 79 due to unidentified causes. Wells was cremated at Golders Green Crematory, and his ashes were scattered into the English Channel at Old Harry Rocks, which is located in Dorset and approximately 3.5 miles from Swanage.
