News from Nowhere and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)
This volume illustrates the variety of William Morris's prose, while focusing on one theme: the earthly paradise. The "Nowhere" of News from Nowhere (1890) is England in 2102, an ideal pastoral society born out of revolution. It is as compelling a dream of the future as the nightmares of Brave...
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This volume illustrates the variety of William Morris's prose, while focusing on one theme: the earthly paradise. The "Nowhere" of News from Nowhere (1890) is England in 2102, an ideal pastoral society born out of revolution. It is as compelling a dream of the future as the nightmares of Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Exhilaratingly, it reminds us that nothing is inevitable about the way we live—now or in 1890.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140433302 (0140433309)
Publish date: 1993
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 430
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Politics,
Philosophy,
19th Century,
Short Stories,
Utopia
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