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George Ponderovo's quiet young life is changed forever when he is forced to leave home and is apprenticed to his dynamic Uncle Edward in his chemist's shop. Edward, determined to "strike out", invents a bogus medicine called Tono-Bungay which earns him a vast fortune. George's share of the wealth enables him to live out his fantasies by building an aeroplane. As he witnesses the spectacular rise of the Tono-Bungay empire he contemplates a corrupt English society that allows his uncle to wield so much power. Tono-Bungay (1909) is widely regarded as Wells's finest novel, combining futuristic science fiction and contemporary social satire. His scathing account of Edwardian London remains as relevant today as when it was first published. No other writer has the breadth of Wells to encompass both George's personal breakdown and the full panorama of a degenerate imperial society. This is the only popular edition of the text to included Wells's final revisions. The notes explain his multi-layered allusions, and the Introduction places the nove in its literary and historical context. - Back cover.
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Fiction, Patent medicines, Pharmaceutical industry, Marketing, Pharmacists, English Humorous stories, Upper class, English Satire, Upper classes, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, science fiction, general, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Quacks and quackery, Satire, England -- Fiction, Patent medicines -- Marketing -- Fiction, Pharmaceutical industry -- FictionPlaces
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TONO-BUNGAY; ED. BY PATRICK PARRINDER.
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