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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.

Title Tono-Bungay / H.G. Wells.

Publication Info.	[Auckland, N.Z.] : Floating Press, [2010]
	copyright 2010

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Location	Call No.	Status
Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials	EBSCO Ebook	Downloadable
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Description	1 electronic document (608 pages)
Note	Archived by the National Library of New Zealand.
	Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Aug. 12, 2011).
	Novel.
	"First published in 1909"--T.p. verso.
	Hypertext links contained in the archived instances of this title are non-functional. Nz
Summary	George Ponderovo's quiet young life is changed for ever 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. This is the only popular edition of the text to include Wells's final revisions. The notes explain his multi-layered allusions, and the Introduction places the novel in its literary and historical context.
Subject	Patent medicines -- Marketing -- Fiction.
	Pharmaceutical industry -- England -- Fiction.
	England -- Fiction.
	Patent medicines -- Marketing. (OCoLC)fst01054851
	Pharmaceutical industry. (OCoLC)fst01060129
	England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
Genre/Form	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	Electronic books.
ISBN	9781775418474 (ebook)

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