The time machine is a science fiction novel by H.G.

WELLS, published in 1895 and written as a frame narrative.

The narrator feels differently, but the overwhelming message of the book can be construed as a warning against hubris and faith in progress.

One important theme is that of class conflict. When the machine stops, in the year 802,701 AD, he finds himself in a paradisiacal world of small humanoid creatures called Eloi.

They are frail and peaceful, and give him fruit to eat.

He explores the