H.G.威尔斯是英国现实主义传统在20世纪初的一个重要继承人,《托诺·邦盖》(Tono Bungay,1909)是威尔斯最为出色的一部社会讽刺小说。但国内评论界对这一作品关注度不够。通过这部作品,威尔斯仔细剖析了物质利益与道德发现之间的关系,展示了对人性与道德等诸多社会伦理问题的深刻理解,并表达了对整个颓废的社会体制的挑战。 H.G. Wells was an important heir to the British realist tradition at the beginning of the 20th century. Tono Bungay (1909) was one of the most wonderful social satire stories in Wales. However, the domestic critics did not pay enough attention to this work. Through this work, Wells carefully analyzes the relationship between material interests and moral discovery, shows a profound understanding of many social and ethical issues such as human nature and morality, and expresses the challenge to the entire decadent social system.