 Book cover of The Outline of History [The Making of Our World] (first edition, 1920) | |
| Author | H. G. Wells |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | J. F. Horrabin |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | George Newnes |
Publication date | 1919–20 |
| Text | The Outline of History at Wikisource |
The Outline of History, subtitled either "The Whole Story of Man" or "Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind", is a work by H. G. Wells chronicling the history of the world from the origin of the Earth to the First World War. It appeared in an illustrated version of 24 fortnightly installments beginning on 22 November 1919 and was published as a single volume in 1920.[1][2] It sold more than two million copies, was translated into many languages, and had a considerable impact on the teaching of history in institutions of higher education.[3] Wells modelled the Outline on the Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot.[4]
- ^ Wells, H.G. (1920). The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind. Vol. I (1 ed.). New York: Macmillan. Retrieved 1 July 2016 – via Internet Archive.; Wells, H.G. (1920). The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind. Vol. II (1 ed.). New York: Macmillan. Retrieved 1 July 2016 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Michael Sherborne, H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life (Peter Owen, 2010), p. 252.
- ^ Michael Sherborne, H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life (Peter Owen, 2010), p. 252-53; David C. Smith, H.G. Wells: Desperately Mortal: A Biography (Yale University Press, 1986), pp. 258–60.
- ^ H.G. Wells, World Brain, Garden City, Doubleday Doran, 1938 (p. 20).