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Tono-Bungay

by H. G. Wells

Level C1 · AdvancedScience Fiction14 chapters
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14 chapters
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About this book

A man born into fortune rides the dazzling rise and fall of a dazzling financial empire, navigating the intrigues of British society from shabby kitchens to aristocratic drawing rooms while wrestling with love, loss, and personal transformation.

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Contents

14 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

01CHAPTER THE FIRST OF BLADESOVER HOUSE, AND MY MOTHER; AND THE CONSTITUTION OF SOCIETY · Ch.1Free
02CHAPTER THE SECOND OF MY LAUNCH INTO THE WORLD AND THE LAST I SAW OF BLADESOVER
03CHAPTER THE THIRD THE WIMBLEHURST APPRENTICESHIP
04CHAPTER THE FIRST HOW I BECAME A LONDON STUDENT AND WENT ASTRAY
05CHAPTER THE SECOND THE DAWN COMES, AND MY UNCLE APPEARS IN A NEW SILK HAT
06CHAPTER THE THIRD HOW WE MADE TONO-BUNGAY HUM
07CHAPTER THE FOURTH MARION
08CHAPTER THE FIRST THE HARDINGHAM HOTEL, AND HOW WE BECAME BIG PEOPLE
09CHAPTER THE SECOND OUR PROGRESS FROM CAMDEN TOWN TO CREST HILL
10CHAPTER THE THIRD SOARING
11CHAPTER THE FOURTH HOW I STOLE THE HEAPS OF QUAP FROM MORDET ISLAND
12CHAPTER THE FIRST THE STICK OF THE ROCKET

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