The Outer and Inner Worlds of H.G. Wells and R.L. Stevenson

H.G. Wells' (1866-1946) 'The Time Machine' (1894) consists mainly of his predictions of what could happen in the future, according to his time. The Time Traveller travels forward to the year 802,701AD, but still in England is his, evolved, back garden. When he arrives, he finds two completely different social worlds: the Upper classes have become weak and their intellect decreased, whereas the Working class have moved underground and have become cannibalistic.
Wells starts off his short story within the comfort of an expensive home; he emphasises the contrast to the rest of the book, examp…