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Tono-Bungay by H.G. Wells
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it was ok
bookshelves: modernism, british-lit, british-irish-lit

At times, I almost really liked this book for its criticism of consumer capitalism (for a book published in 1909, T-B feels ahead of its time in this respect) and the realness of some of the characters, but I got fed up with the narrator/author constantly explaining his own symbolism... not to mention his random anti-semitic remarks, his problematic relationship to women/marriage, and that especially disturbing Heart of Darkness voyage into Africa, where in a typical heart-of-darkness/Quap-fevered state, he loses all his "european morality/civility/etc" and kills a totally innocent African man. I mean, shit, come on.
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Reading Progress

September 15, 2013 – Started Reading
September 15, 2013 – Shelved
September 29, 2013 – Shelved as: modernism
September 29, 2013 – Shelved as: british-lit
September 29, 2013 – Shelved as: british-irish-lit
September 29, 2013 – Finished Reading

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