Morris: News from NowhereNews from Nowhere (1890), William Morris' most famous work, is a utopian picture of a future communist society, depicting a world in which capitalism has been abolished by a workers' revolution, and in which nature and society have become beautiful habitations for humanity. In an era that has seen the collapse of state socialism, Morris' damning critique of this conception, and his positing of a powerful alternative, are compelling reasons for paying attention to this classic of British socialism. |
Contents
Discussion and bed | 3 |
A morning bath | 7 |
The guest house and breakfast therein | 15 |
A market by the way | 25 |
Children on the road | 29 |
A little shopping | 36 |
Trafalgar Square | 43 |
An old friend | 51 |
The beginning of the new life | 134 |
The drive back to Hammersmith | 140 |
The Hammersmith guest house again | 145 |
Going up the river | 147 |
Hampton Court and a praiser of past times | 150 |
An early morning by Runnymede | 159 |
Up the Thames | 165 |
The third day on the Thames | 174 |
Concerning love | 55 |
Questions and answers | 66 |
Concerning government | 77 |
Concerning the arrangement of life | 82 |
Concerning politics | 87 |
How matters are managed | 88 |
On the lack of incentive to labour in a communist society | 94 |
Dinner in the hall of the Bloomsbury Market | 103 |
How the change came | 108 |
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