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News from Nowhere by William Morris

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News from Nowhere
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Publisher: Longmans, Green, and co.
ISBN/ASIN: 0199539197
Number of pages: 319

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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.

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