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A Modern Utopia
Contributor(s): Wells, H. G. (Author)

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 ISBN: 1539631796     ISBN-13: 9781539631798
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $11.78  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2016
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- Literary Collections
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.82 lbs) 276 pages
 
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A Modern Utopia is a 1905 novel by H. G. Wells. Because of the complexity and sophistication of its narrative structure A Modern Utopia has been called "not so much a modern as a postmodern utopia." The novel is best known for its notion that a voluntary order of nobility known as the Samurai could effectively rule a "kinetic and not static" world state so as to solve "the problem of combining progress with political stability." In his preface, Wells forecast (incorrectly) that A Modern Utopia would be the last of a series of volumes on social problems that began in 1901 with Anticipations and included Mankind in the Making (1903). But unlike those non-fictional works, A Modern Utopia is presented as a tale told by a sketchily described character known only as the Owner of the Voice. This character "is not to be taken as the Voice of the ostensible author who fathers these pages," Wells warns.
 
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