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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Wells, H. G.

Wells, H. G.
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Tono-Bungay: Book The Second

The Rise Of Tono-Bungay

Chapter 1 How I Became A London Student And Went Astray

When I was twenty-two I came to live in London. Every day, more and more
impressions of the city were added to my mind until, gradually, I saw a
certain pattern or structure to it. Bladesover, for me, had been the pattern
for all England. The splendid gentry that inhabited Bladesover and Estry may
no longer be there, but they have been replaced by the financial and
mercantile giants - the inhabitants may have changed, but the general
character of the ...

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