The Time Machine, Abridged edition--------------------------------------------------This title is ideal for young readers who can experience the wonderof this timeless story in an easy to read abridged format. ClassicStartstrademark is in its 5th printing - with more than half a millioncopies sold! This title is aimed at children aged 7 to 9 years old.H.G. Wells' sobering, thought-provoking novel is one of the greatestworks of science fiction ever created - and as powerful today as whenit was written. After inventing a machine that moves through time,the Traveller leaves Victorian London and goes far, far into the future.At first, the world he discovers seems peaceful and prosperous. Butas he looks below the surface he realises that things are not exactlyas they first appeared.