H G Wells

Tono-Bungay H G Wells

H. G. Wells's prized semi-autobiographical realist novel, telling the story of George Ponderevo, a young man caught in the schemes of his uncle, Edward. When Edward develops a patent medicine called Tono-Bungay, George dedicates himself to its commercialization. As Edward's fortunes rise and fall, Georges takes drastic measures. Noted for its literary artistry, the novel covers topics including capitalism and socialism, skepticism of religion, and Victorian and Edwardian society. Also released in serialized form, the novel features the following sections: The Days Before Tono-Bungay Was Invented, Of Bladesover House, and My Mother; and the Constitution of Society, Of My Launch Into the World and the Last I Saw of Bladesover, The Wimblehurst Apprenticeship, The Rise of Tono-Bungay, How I Became a London Student and Went Astray, The Dawn Comes, and My Uncle Appears in a New Silk Hat, How We Made Tono-Bungay Hum, Marion, The Great Days of Tono-Bungay, The Hardingham Hotel, and How We Became Big People, Our Progress from Camden Town to Crest Hill, Soaring, How I Stole the Heaps of Quap from Mordet Island, The Aftermath of Tono-Bungay, The Stick of the Rocket, Love Among the Wreckage, and Night and the Open Sea.