

Tono-Bungay
Author: H. G. Wells
Narrator: Marty Krz
Unabridged: 14 hr 37 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Voices of Today Pty LTD
Published: 11/12/2024
Categories: Fiction, Satire, Classic, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction
Author: H. G. Wells
Narrator: Marty Krz
Unabridged: 14 hr 37 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Voices of Today Pty LTD
Published: 11/12/2024
Categories: Fiction, Satire, Classic, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction
Herbert George Wells (1866–1946) was born in Bromley, England to a working class family. His first novel, The Time Machine, was an instant success and Wells produced a series of science fiction novels which pioneered ideas about the future. His later work focused on satire and social criticism. Wells forecasted the rise of major cities and suburbs, economic globalization, and aspects of future military conflicts.
Marty Krzywonos is an actor, director, music producer, writer, associate producer, and editor. He is known for Creed II, Black Swan, and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. He has a BA in vocal and has performed professionally with a band called New York Experience, along with performances in regional theatre. He writes music for plays and conducts orchestras. He even tap dances.
Two points about this odd, sour, sometimes zippy but more often quite tedious novel that Wells thought was his greatest work. I really love that well-known guide 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die Horribly, it’s true book porn, all those mug shots of authors who I hardly thought had faces at all......more
I have read a number of H.G. Wells's early sci-fi novels. This is the first time I have read one of his "other" novels, and I am surprised to see that it is by far his best work. Tono-Bungay is a bildungsroman about growing up poor in Victorian England and making one's way in the world by a combinat......more
Maybe the best H.G. Wells' incursion outside his mother ship of science fiction, Tono-Bungay is the tale of a useless and addictive medicine embellished by an early form of marketing. However, behind the major plot, it hides an interesting criticism of a capitalist society, where everyone works and......more
Yo no conocía de nada esta novela de H.G.Wells. Tenía en mente una historia diferente a la que terminé encontrando pero me ha gustado igualmente. Retrata muy bien la caída de la nobleza y el auge de los nuevos ricos que luchan por hacerse un hueco en la alta sociedad. Reseña: [URL not allowed]......more