Tono-Bungay

by H. G. Wells

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Gave up on this one two thirds of the way through. It is considerably longer than other Wells novels, and the central plot of the quack invention was too peripheral to sustain my interest among the meanderings of the narrator's life and loves. Disappointing. (

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john257hopper | Oct 16, 2007 |

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1909

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George Ponderevo

Edward Ponderevo

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Guardian 1000 (Comedy)

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2006 Edition)

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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 with another and true to the rules of their type. You can speak of them as being of this sort of people or that. They are, as theatrical people say, no more (and no less) than "character actors."

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0141441119, Paperback)

Presented as a miraculous cure-all, Tono-Bungay is in fact nothing other than a pleasant-tasting liquid with no positive effects. Nonetheless, when the young George Ponderevo is employed by his uncle Edward to help market this ineffective medicine, he finds his life overwhelmed by its sudden success. Soon the worthless substance is turned into a formidable fortune as society becomes convinced of the merits of Tono-Bungay through a combination of skilled advertising and public credulity.

-Includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on Wells, a list of further reading, and detailed notes
-Edward Mendelson’s introduction explores the many ways in which Tono-Bungay satirizes the fictions and delusions that shape modern life

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