News from NowhereOne of the most literary and readable of utopian novels, News from Nowhere chronicles the impressions of a nineteenth-century visitor to the twenty-second century, who finds England transformed into a socialist paradise. Morris’ idyllic society echoes themes from the writings of Ruskin and Marx but forms a distinctive expression of the author’s own egalitarian views. A distillation of Morris’ mature reflections on politics, art and society, this work was regarded as an exercise in sentimentality upon its 1890 publication. Modern readers, however, are likely to find resonance in its critique of state socialism and its proposals for an alternative society. |
Contents
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A LITTLE SHOPPING | 28 |
TRAFALGAR SQUARE | 35 |
AN OLD FRIEND | 42 |
CONCERNING THE ARRANGEMENT OF LIFE | 71 |
ON THE LACK OF INCENTIVE TO LABOUR | 81 |
DINNER IN THE HALL OF THE BLOOMSBURY MARKET | 89 |
THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW LIFE | 117 |
THE HAMMERSMITH GUESTHOUSE AGAIN | 126 |
AN EARLY MORNING BY RUNNYMEDE | 139 |
THE THIRD DAY ON THE THAMES | 152 |
THE UPPER WATERS | 160 |
THE LITTLE RIVER | 170 |
THE JOURNEYS | 178 |
THE FEASTS BEGINNINGTHE | 188 |
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