The New Utopia (Heathen Short)

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 d...