George Ponderevo, son of the housekeeper at the great house of Bladesover, joins his uncle Edward in marketing Tono-Bungay, a tonic that does nothing but sells wonderfully. Advertising builds a financial empire, a country mansion and a raid for radioactive quap, while George’s marriage falters and he turns to flying machines.
Wells’s own favourite among his novels, a panoramic satire of Edwardian commerce and class. Download the free EPUB.