Tono-Bungay [VINTAGE 1909]
Wells, H.G.
Verkäufer Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, USA
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AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 20. März 2019
Verkäufer Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 20. März 2019
Beschreibung
Very good condition red cloth boards with gilt front cover and spine lettering. Illustrated with two pages black-and-white drawings. The red boards show some light rubbing/blotching and one tiny indent near the lower somewhat cocked spine. Very light foxing to the endpapers and a few other pages. All pages are otherwise in fine unmarked condition. "One of the greatest of all satires of the power of advertising and the modern press. 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. As the newly rich George discovers, however, there is fare more to class in England than merely the possession of wealth. The book was serialized in the English Review.considered one of his most successful attempts at a social novel in the vein of Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray, Wells' tale is a panoramic view of an unravelling society. [When] the worthless medicine becomes a huge commercial success, this causes George to reflect on the sickness at the heart of a society that lets itself be so easily duped. He begins to search for a new order to replace the old one, a quest that leads him to dangerous aeronautical experiments.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000113
Bibliografische Details
Titel: Tono-Bungay [VINTAGE 1909]
Verlag: Duffield & Company, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 1909
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Auflage: 1st Edition
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