Anticipations Chapter 4 Part 1

The H. G. Wells Library · Jun 26, 2026 · 32m · transcript

In which the thoughtful observer delineates the contrasting lives and homes of the burgeoning scientific and engineering class and the free-spending wealthy shareholders, contemplating their differing habits, tastes, and domestic arrangements as they may appear near the dawn of the twentieth century. He muses on the likely decline of servants due to advances in household technology and on the shifting social ambitions and influences shaping the character of family life and feminine aspirations within this evolving social framework.