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ISBN10: 1605971057
ISBN13: 9781605971056
Publisher: Book Jungle
Published: Feb 18 2008
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.33
Height: 0.73 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781605971056
Publisher: Book Jungle
Published: Feb 18 2008
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.33
Height: 0.73 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
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.
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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