Tono-Bungay
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基本信息·出版社：Penguin Classics
·页码：384 页
·出版日期：2005年06月
·ISBN：0141441119
·条形码：9780141441115
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·丛书名：Penguin Classics
·外文书名：托诺·邦盖
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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 Mendelson’s introduction explores the many ways in which
Tono-Bungay satirizes the fictions and delusions that shape modern life
作者简介 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.
