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1) Tono-Bungay
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
1908
Physical Desc
17 cm.
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Harper & Brothers Publishers
Pub. Date
1931
Edition
New and enlarged ed.
Physical Desc
xxxi, 457 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Only five of Emily Dickinson's poems were published while she lived; today, approximately 1,500 are in print. Dickinson's poetry reflects the power of her contemplative gifts, and her deep sensitivity courses through her correspondence as well. Lovingly compiled by a close friend, this first collection of Dickinson's letters originally appeared in 1894, only eight years after the poet's death. Although she grew reclusive in her later years and seldom...
