WELLS, H.G.
Tono-Bungay.
New York: The Heritage Press , 1960.
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"One of the greatest of all satires of the power of advertising and the modern press": The Heritage Press Edition of H.G. Wells' Tono-Bungay
The Heritage Press edition of H.G. Wells semi-autobiographical novel. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco by Morrell with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, title page vignette, with color illustrations throughout. In fine condition. Introduction by Norman H. Strouse. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb.
Tono-Bungay is a realist semi-autobiographical novel written by H. G. Wells and published in 1909. It has been called "arguably his most artistic book." The novel offers a penetrating critique of Edwardian capitalism through the rise and fall of a fraudulent patent medicine empire. Narrated by George Ponderevo, a scientifically minded yet morally ambivalent protagonist, the novel contrasts the ideals of scientific progress with the reckless pursuit of wealth and social status embodied by his uncle, the bombastic promoter of Tono-Bungay. Blending satirical social commentary with elements of the bildungsroman, Wells exposes the emptiness of bourgeois aspiration and the moral compromises of modern industrial society.
Tono-Bungay.
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