A Modern Utopia |
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Author:
| Wells, H. G. |
Notes by:
| Claeys, Gregory |
Editor:
| Claeys, Gregory |
Introduction by:
| Wheen, Francis |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-144112-2 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2006 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $19.00 |
Book Description:
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While walking in the Swiss Alps, two English travellers fall into a space-warp, and suddenly find themselves in another world. In many ways the same as our own - even down to the characters that inhabit it - this new planet is still somehow radically different, for the two walkers are now upon a Utopian Earth controlled by a single World Government. Here, as they soon learn, all share a common language, there is sexual, economic and racial equality, and society is ruled by socialist...
More DescriptionWhile walking in the Swiss Alps, two English travellers fall into a space-warp, and suddenly find themselves in another world. In many ways the same as our own - even down to the characters that inhabit it - this new planet is still somehow radically different, for the two walkers are now upon a Utopian Earth controlled by a single World Government. Here, as they soon learn, all share a common language, there is sexual, economic and racial equality, and society is ruled by socialist ideals enforced by an austere, voluntary elite- the 'Samurai'. But what will the Utopians make of these new visitors from a less perfect world?