1. Two Accidents 2. “What else can you do?” 3. Uppark 4. “A bright run of luck” 5. Blood 6. “For a young man to marry . . .” 7. More Blood 8. The Time Machine 9. “Uncommonly cheerful and hopeful” 10. A House by the Sea 11. Fabian Friends 12. Joining the Club 13. Pressure 14. America in 1906 15. Webb and Wells 16. Amberissima 17. Heroines 18. Tono-Bungay 19. Friends and Enemies 20. “I warmed both hands before the fire of Life” Photographs Bibliography Books by Wells 1893–1911 Notes Acknowledgments Index