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...book's major theme is the Wellsian life history (from zoosperm to zany) of Edward Albert ("Teddy") Tewler, who, for Author Wells, symbolizes the lower middle class in general, and the British lower middle class in particular. It is a classצr, more essentially, a state of being—which Herbert George Wells loathes (not without pity) with the aching contempt of familiarity. He springs from it. Wells feels the same aching contempt for 'Teddy" Tewler. But like all crusaders, he longs to redeem the thing he loathes. This novel is a fictional prelude to redemption. Its purpose...