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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140441654
ISBN-139780140441659
eBay Product ID (ePID)39196
Product Key Features
Original LanguageLatin
Book TitleUtopia
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Literary, Political
Publication Year1965
IllustratorYes
GenrePhilosophy, Fiction, Social Science
AuthorThomas more
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight4.3 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-106775
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal335/.02
SynopsisSir Thomas More's entertaining description of Utopia, an island supporting a perfectly organized and happy people, was a best-seller when it first appeared in Latin in 1516. This work of a Catholic martyr has later been seen as the source of Ana-baptism, Mormonism, and even communism. Utopia revolutionized Plato's classical blueprint of the perfect republic, mainly by its realism. Locating his island in the (then) New World, More endowed it with a language and poetry, and detailed the length of the working day and even the divorce laws. Such precision gives a disturbing and exciting impact to Utopia, which still remains a book of the future.