This volume provides annotated entries on English novels written between 1700 and 1740, and on critical materials relating to them. It includes entries for a selection of works covering fictional, theoretical, historical, political and cultural topics, as background for understanding the novels.

It then provides entries for a wide-ranging selection of works which cover fictional, theoretical, historical, political, and cultural topics, to provide a comprehensive background to the unfolding and understanding of prose fiction in the early 18th century. This is followed by an alphabetical listing of novels, their editions, and any critical material available on each. The next section provides a chronological record of significant and enduring works of fiction composed or translated in this period. The volume concludes with extensive indexes.

Introduction
The General Period 1700-1740: Miscellaneous Works
Bibliographies
Anthologies
General Studies
Individual Authors and Specific Works of Fictions 1700-1740
Alphabetical List of Individual Authors, Titles, and Translations, 1700-1740
A Selected Chronological Shortlist of Prose Fiction in English Published between 1700 and 1740
Index of Scholars
Subject and Thematic Index.