Joan and Peter A Story of an Education Author:H. G. Wells 1918. Contents: Peter's parentage; Stublands in council; Arthur or Oswald; first impressions of the universe; christening; fourth guardian; School of St. George and the Venerable Bede; High Cross Preparatory School; Oswald takes control; searching of schoolmasters; adolescence; world on the eve of war; Joan and Peter graduate; Oswald's valediction.