An other-worldly creature visits a small English village, and H. G. Wells uses humour and satire to convey some of the imperfections of Victorian society, as ‘angel’ and humans view each other with equal incomprehension.( summary by Mary Bard)
Chapters
1 I The Night of the Strange Bird 3 min 2 II The Coming of the Strange Bird 5 min 3 III The Hunting of the Strange Bird 4 min 4 IV 3 min 5 V 6 min 6 VI The Vicar and the Angel 14 min 7 VII 4 min 8 VIII 5 min 9 IX Parenthesis on Angels 4 min 10 X At the Vicarage 5 min 11 XI 3 min 12 XII 6 min 13 XIII The Man of Science 6 min 14 XIV 6 min 15 XV The Curate 6 min 16 XVI 7 min 17 XVII 5 min 18 XVIII After Dinner 12 min 19 XIX 3 min 20 XX 5 min 21 XXI 5 min 22 XXII Morning 4 min 23 XXIII The Violin 6 min 24 XXIV The Angel Explores the Village 8 min 25 XXV 3 min 26 XXVI 9 min 27 XXVII 6 min 28 XXVIII Lady Hammergallow's View 10 min 29 XXIX Further Adventures of the Angel in the Village 7 min 30 XXX 8 min 31 XXXI Mrs Jehoram's Breadth of View 6 min 32 XXXII A Trivial Incident 2 min 33 XXXIII The Warp and the Woof of Things 4 min 34 XXXIV The Angel's Debut 23 min 35 XXXV 4 min 36 XXXVI 1 min 37 XXXVII 4 min 38 XXXVIII The Trouble of the Barbed Wire 7 min 39 XXXIX 4 min 40 XL Delia 6 min 41 XLI Doctor Crump acts 11 min 42 XLII Sir John Gotch acts 5 min 43 XLIII The Sea Cliff 4 min 44 XLIV Mrs Hinijer acts 5 min 45 XLV The Angel in Trouble 4 min 46 XLVI 5 min 47 XLVII The Last Day of the Visit 7 min 48 XLVIII 7 min 49 XLVIX 1 min 50 L 4 min 51 LI 3 min 52 LII 2 min 53 LIII The Epilogue 4 min
