Utopia
- ISBN-10
- 1504062876
- ISBN-13
- 9781504062879
- Series
- Utopia
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-05-05
- Publisher
- Open Road Media
- Author
- Thomas More
Description
The classic political satire about an imaginary ideal world by one of the Renaissance’s most fascinating figures. Named after a word that translates literally to “nowhere,” Utopia is an island dreamed up by Thomas More, a devout Catholic, English statesman, and Renaissance humanist who would be canonized as a saint centuries after he was executed for choosing God over king. More’s novel introduces us to Utopia’s society and its customs. It is a place of no private property and no lawyers; of six-hour workdays and simple ways; and, intriguingly, of a combination of values that blend the traditional with the highly controversial, from euthanasia to married priests to slavery. Remarkably thought-provoking, it is a novel that asks us to question what makes a perfect world—and whether such a thing is even possible.
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