1895 · 132 min read · 33,000 words
by H.G. Wells
Wells wrote this during the height of industrial capitalism. The Eloi are the leisure class who've forgotten how anything works. The Morlocks are the working class who've been pushed underground so long they've become something else entirely. The metaphor writes itself in 2026.
This text is in the public domain in the United States. Source: Project Gutenberg.
