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luisalbertourreaLuis Alberto Urrea is a poet, novelist, journalist, and essayist who has been writing about the relationship between the United States and Mexico,... Continue »
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    Into the Beautiful North

    Luis Alberto Urrea

Tono-Bungay

by H G Wells

Tono-Bungay Cover

ISBN13: 9780141441115
ISBN10: 0141441119
Condition: Standard
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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. -Includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on Wells, a list of further reading, and detailed notes -Edward Mendelsons introduction explores the many ways in which "Tono-Bungay" satirizes the fictions and delusions that shape modern life

About the Author

Edward Mendelson is a writer, critic, and professor of English at Columbia University. Patrick Parrinder has written on H. G. Wells, science fiction, and James Joyce.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780141441115
Editor:
Parrinder, Patrick
Introduction:
Mendelson, Edward
Introduction:
Mendelson, Edward
Editor:
Parrinder, Patrick
Author:
Parrinder, Patrick
Author:
Mendelson, Edward
Author:
Wells, H. G.
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Classics
Publication Date:
July 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
414
Dimensions:
7.84x5.80x.80 in. .69 lbs.

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