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  • Published: 2 December 2004
  • ISBN: 9780140433302
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $26.00

News From Nowhere And Other Writings



One of the most significant examples of English writing on Utopia

Poet, pattern-designer, environmentalist and maker of fine books, William Morris (1834-96) was also a committed socialist and visionary writer, obsessively concerned with the struggle to achieve a perfect society on earth. News From Nowhere, one of the most significant English works on the theme of utopia, is the tale of William Guest, a Victorian who wakes one morning to find himself in the year 2102 and discovers a society that has changed beyond recognition into a pastoral paradise, in which all people live in blissful equality and contentment. A socialist masterpiece, News From Nowhere is a vision of a future free from capitalism, isolation and industrialisation. This volume also contains a wide selection of Morris's writings, lectures, journalism and letters, which expand upon the key themes of News From Nowhere.

  • Published: 2 December 2004
  • ISBN: 9780140433302
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $26.00

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