Lord of the World: Dystopian Classics
- ISBN-10
- 154279689X
- ISBN-13
- 9781542796897
- Series
- Lord of the World
- Pages
- 236
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-01-28
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Authors
- Robert Benson, Msgr Robert Hugh Benson
Description
Lord of the World is a 1907 apocalyptic novel by Robert Hugh Benson. It is sometimes deemed one of the first modern dystopias. Both Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI (when he was Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger) have encouraged Catholics to read Lord of the World, Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson's 1907 novel that eerily predicted the state of the world at the beginning of the 21st century. Dystopian Classic Editions publishes works of dystopian literature that have survived through the generations and been recognized as classic works of literature. A dystopian society is an imagined society in which the people are oppressed, however the government propagandizes the society as being a utopia or a perfect society. Typical themes in dystopian literature include public mistrust, police states, and overall unpleasantness for the citizens. Authors of dystopian works strive to present a worst-case scenario and negative depiction of the way things are in the story so as to make a criticism about a current situation in society and to call for a change. Each Dystopian Classic Edition selected for publication presents such a story.
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