英国科幻小说家赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯于1866年出生在肯特郡一个贫寒的家庭,他的父亲约瑟夫曾经是职业板球运动员,后来经营一家五金店铺,母亲一直给有钱人家做仆人。1880年,父亲的店铺倒闭,威尔斯只好辍学。此后,威尔斯从事过很多职业,遍尝了人世的艰辛。父母希望他成为一个有钱的商人,所以,他们送他到布店做学徒,但是,他并不是一个合格的学徒。 British science fiction novelist Herbert George Wells was born in a poor family in Kent in 1866. His father, Joseph, was a professional cricket player and later ran a hardware store where his mother was a servant of wealthy people . 1880, his father’s shop closed, Wales had to drop out of school. Since then, Wales has been engaged in many occupations, over the hardships of life. Parents want him to be a wealthy businessman, so they sent him to a cloth shop to be an apprentice, but he was not a qualified apprentice.