Tono-Bungay (Hardcover)

by H. G. Wells (Author) "Most people in this world seem to live "in character"; they have a beginning, a middle and an end, and the three are congruous one..." (more)

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Hardcover
Publisher: Buccaneer Books (July 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0899666914
ISBN-13: 978-0899666914
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The story of an apprentice chemist whose uncle’s worthless medicine becomes a spectacular marketing success, Tono-Bungay earned H. G. Wells immediate acclaim when it appeared in 1909. It remains a sparkling chronicle of chicanery and human credulity, and is today regarded by many as Wells’s greatest novel. As Andrea Barrett observes in her Introduction, “Through its detailed, often brilliant descriptions and powerful imagery, [Tono-Bungay] slyly satirizes British imperial policy as a whole. . . . The insights into class, money, advertising, public relations, and the power of the press still ring horrifyingly true.”

This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the original 1909 edition. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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