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Jerome, Jerome Klapka

 
9798900750095: The New Utopia (Heathen Short)
Couverture souple
ISBN 13 : 9798900750095
Editeur : Heathen Shorts, 2026

Synopsis

Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927) was an English author and humorist, best known for the 1889 comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat. In 1891, he published Diary of a Pilgrimage (and Six Essays), featuring "The New Utopia," a satirical piece that diverges sharply from the light-hearted tone of his famous travelogue. In this fascinating short story, Jerome imagines a dreamlike journey into a dystopian future shaped by extreme egalitarian socialism, serving as a striking early precursor to the dystopian canon that would later include We, Brave New World, Anthem, and 1984. Though often overlooked, Jerome's satirical vision eerily anticipates the totalitarian motifs that define those later works: enforced uniformity, suppression of individuality, and the mechanization of society in the name of progress. More than a parody of utopian literature-it's a pointed commentary on the dangers of ideological extremism, offering a satirical blueprint for the dystopian literature that would flourish in the 20th century.

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Éditeur
Heathen Shorts
Date d'édition
2026
Langue
anglais
ISBN 13 
9798900750095
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
32
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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