Tono-Bungay
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Tono-Bungay is a 1909 novel by H. G. Wells that satirically explores capitalism, social change, and personal disillusionment through the rise and fall of a quack patent medicine empire.
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novel
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satirical novel → |
| author |
H. G. Wells
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| centralTheme |
capitalism
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class mobility GENERATED → commercial advertising GENERATED → imperial decline GENERATED → moral corruption GENERATED → personal disillusionment GENERATED → quack medicine GENERATED → social change GENERATED → speculative finance GENERATED → |
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The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists
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The Way We Live Now GENERATED → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| firstSerializedIn |
The English Review
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| followedBy |
Ann Veronica
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| genre |
roman à clef
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satire GENERATED → social novel GENERATED → |
| hasAutobiographicalElements |
true
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| influenced |
20th-century social novels
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later critiques of advertising GENERATED → |
| influencedBy |
British class system
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Victorian commercial culture GENERATED → |
| language |
English
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| literaryMovement |
realism
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social critique GENERATED → |
| literaryPeriod |
Edwardian era
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| mainCharacter |
Beatrice Normandy
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Edward Ponderevo GENERATED → George Ponderevo GENERATED → Marion GENERATED → |
| narrator |
George Ponderevo
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| partOf |
H. G. Wells bibliography
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| plotElement |
fall of a financial empire
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rise of a patent medicine business GENERATED → social ascent and decline of the Ponderevo family GENERATED → use of aggressive advertising GENERATED → |
| precededBy |
The War in the Air
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| protagonistOccupation |
engineer
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| publicationYear |
1909
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| publisher |
Macmillan & Co.
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| settingPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century GENERATED → |
| settingPlace |
England
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London GENERATED → |
| titleRefersTo |
fictional patent medicine
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Referenced by (1)
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Herbert George Wells
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