1. The romances of the 1890s: The Time Machine, The Island of Dr Moreau, The War of the Worlds; 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.