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Tono-Bungay / ˌ t ɒ n oʊ ˈ b ʌ ŋ ɡ i / is a realist semiautobiographical novel written by H. G. Wells and first published in book form in 1909. It has been called "arguably his most artistic book".
Tono-Bungay, novel by H.G. Wells, serialized in the English Review and published in book form in New York in 1908. Considered one of his most successful attempts at a social novel in the vein of Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray, Wells’s tale is a panoramic view of an unravelling society. It is narrated by young George Ponderevo ...
Mar 23, 2021 · Tono-Bungay still figures on the hoardings, it stands in rows in every chemist’s storeroom, it still assuages the coughs of age and brightens the elderly eye and loosens the elderly tongue; but its social glory, its financial illumination, have faded from the world for ever.
Tono-Bungay, by H.G Wells, is the story of George Ponderovo, which he narrates in the first person. The book uses literary devices that include comedy, science fiction, and social...
Mar 18, 2006 · Tono-Bungay Credits: John Bean; Diane Bean and David Widger Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Science fiction Subject: Satire Subject: England -- Fiction Subject: Patent medicines -- Marketing -- Fiction Subject: Pharmaceutical industry -- Fiction Category: Text: EBook-No. 718: Release Date ...
Dec 29, 2011 · Tono-Bungay is a realist semi-autobiographical novel. It is narrated by George Ponderevo, a science student who is drafted in to help with the promotion of Tono-Bungay, a harmful stimulant disguised as a miraculous cure-all, the creation of his uncle Edward.
Tono-Bungay, published in 1909, is a semi-autobiographical novel by H. G. Wells. Though it has some fantastical and absurdist elements, it is a realist novel rather than one of Well’s...
