Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. PART ONE The Sense of a Period
5. 1. A Balfourian Age 3
6. 2. From Personality to Personality 12
7. 3. Continuities of Form 21
8. 4. The Uncritical Attitude 35
9. 5. Edwardian Best-Sellers 45
10. 6. Departure 58
11. PART TWO Adventures Abroad
12. 7. The Adventure and Romance Agency 77
13. 8. Complications of Imperialism 99
14. 9. The Black Panther 112
15. 10. Conrad and Adventure 124
16. PART THREE Coming Home
17. 11. The Theme of Recessional 155
18. 12. Continental Rescues and Autumnal Affairs 173
19. 13. The Backward Hunt for the Homely 189
20. 14. This Strange Loneliness of Millions in a Crowd 215
21. 15. The Condition of England and the Condition of Fiction 235
22. Notes 257
23. Index 275