News from Nowhere, or, An Epoch of Rest: Beginning Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance

by William Morris

Overview

News from Nowhere describes the encounter between a visitor from the nineteenth century, William Guest, and a decentralized and humane socialist future. Set over a century after a revolutionary upheaval in 1952, these 'Chapters from a Utopian Romance' recount his journey across London and up the Thames to Kelmscott Manor, Morris's own country house in Oxfordshire.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473216693
Publisher:	Orion
Publication date:	11/26/2015
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	563 KB

About the Author

William Morris (1834-1896)
William Morris, generally credited with originating the genre of modern heroic fantasy, was a man of many achievements: poet, novelist, artist, designer and printer of fine books. He is best known for his work as a designer of furniture and fabrics and as the author of a number of novels set in almost medieval but imaginary worlds of great beauty. These works of literature have been influential to many fantasy authors, such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R Tolkein.

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