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Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

CHAPTER 1

The Time Traveler

CHAPTER 2

The Time Traveler’s Surprise

CHAPTER 3

The Time Traveler’s Story, in His Own Words

CHAPTER 4

The Eloi

CHAPTER 5

Paradise

CHAPTER 6

The Disappearance of the Time Machine

CHAPTER 7

More Discoveries

CHAPTER 8

Weena

CHAPTER 9

Encounter with a Ghost

CHAPTER 10

A Visit to the Underworld

CHAPTER 11

To the Green Building

CHAPTER 12

The Museum

CHAPTER 13

The Forest at Night

CHAPTER 14

Recovering the Time Machine

CHAPTER 15

Into the Future Again

CHAPTER 16

The Time Traveler Returns

CHAPTER 17

The Proof

Epilogue

What Do You Think?

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