Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 The romances of the 1890s: The Time Machine, The Island of Dr Moreau, The War of the World
- 2 The Edwardian achievement, I: Love and Mr Lewisham, Kipps, The First Men in the Moon, The War in the Air
- 3 The Edwardian achievement, II: Tono-Bungay, Ann Veronica, The History of Mr Polly
- 4 The decade of struggle: Mr Britling Sees it Through, Boon, ‘prig’ novels and discussion novels
- 5 Wells in the modern world: Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island, The Bulpington of Blup, The Croquet Player, dualism and education
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Chronology
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1 The romances of the 1890s: The Time Machine, The Island of Dr Moreau, The War of the World
- 2 The Edwardian achievement, I: Love and Mr Lewisham, Kipps, The First Men in the Moon, The War in the Air
- 3 The Edwardian achievement, II: Tono-Bungay, Ann Veronica, The History of Mr Polly
- 4 The decade of struggle: Mr Britling Sees it Through, Boon, ‘prig’ novels and discussion novels
- 5 Wells in the modern world: Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island, The Bulpington of Blup, The Croquet Player, dualism and education
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Chronology
- Index
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- H. G. Wells , pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1985