"Aikakone" by H. G. Wells is a science fiction novella published in 1895. A Victorian scientist known as the Time Traveller journeys to the year 802,701, where he discovers humanity has evolved into two distinct species: the childlike Eloi and the savage Morlocks. This groundbreaking work popularized the concept of time travel and is interpreted as a commentary on class divisions and social inequality, projecting contemporary disparities into a distant, unsettling future. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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