Tono-Bungay
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The story of an apprentice chemist whose uncle’s worthless medicine becomes a spectacular marketing success, Tono-Bungay earned H. G. Wells immediate acclaim when it appeared in 1909. It remains a sparkling chronicle of chicanery and human credulity, and is today regarded by many as Wells’s greatest novel. As Andrea Barrett observes in her Introduction, “Through its detailed, often brilliant descriptions and powerful imagery, [ Tono-Bungay ] slyly satirizes British imperial policy as a whole. . . . The insights into class, money, advertising, public relations, and the power of the press still ring horrifyingly true.”
This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the original 1909 edition.
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#ArtfulDodger#02-08在经历过2010年前后的创业热潮再来读Tono-Bungay（大概可以翻译成统统包好）会让人觉得非常眼熟：创造一个本身毫无益处的产品然后再通过宣传攻势让它成为实现人类欲望的灵药，再借助新获得的财富进行一系列金融操作变成金融操盘手，最后因为舆论风向大变而崩盘。就是这样一个故事框架之下威尔斯把20世纪初帝国时代英国社会的贪婪浮华和对人潜能的浪费转化成了文字的对应物，如果不是因为他总是忍不住打破小说和现实的界限在小说里讽刺费边社，或者把自己感情生活的不满拖进小说里，这本小说本可以成为一本更杰出的作品。即便如此，威尔斯还是在这本书里创造了他最接近狄更斯式人物的角色，叙事者乔治的叔叔，那个发明了“统统包好”灵药的创业者。
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