He married twice. His first wife was Isabel Mary Wells, but the 
marriage was not a success. Three years later he left her for Amy 
Catherine Robbins, a former pupil. Wells often criticised the 
institution of marriage, and he had relationships with several 
other women, the most important being the writer Rebecca 
West. By 1895 Wells had become a full-time writer and lived 
comfortably from his work. He travelled a lot and kept homes