Tono-Bungay (The ^AWorld's Classics) - Softcover

Wells, H. G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192828290 ISBN 13: 9780192828293

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Tono-Bungay (1909) is widely regarded as Wells's finest novel, combining futuristic science fiction and contemporary social satire. In it, George Ponderovo is apprenticed to his Uncle Edward, a dynamic chemist who invents a bogus medicine, Tono-Bungay, and earns a vast fortune. But as he witnesses Edward's spectacular rise, he also contemplates the corrupt English society that allows his uncle to wield so much power. No other writer has the breadth of Wells to encompass both George's personal breakdown and the full panorama of a degenerate imperial society.

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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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0192828290
• ISBN 13: 9780192828293
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480
• Editor: Cheyette Bryan