The Republic of the Future; or, Socialism a Reality by Anna Bowman Dodd

"The Republic of the Future; or, Socialism a Reality" by Anna Bowman Dodd is a novella published in 1887. Written as a conservative response to utopian literature, this dystopian tale follows a Swedish aristocrat visiting New York Socialist City in 2050. Through letters home, he describes a dreary conformist society where technological progress, feminism, and socialism have created identical homes, enforced mediocrity, and vacuous lives. The inhabitants look like "people who have come to the end of things and have failed to find it amusing." (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Dodd, Anna Bowman, 1855-1929
LoC No. 09011976
Title The Republic of the Future; or, Socialism a Reality
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Republic_of_the_Future
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 58.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class HX: Social sciences: Socialism, Communism, Anarchism
Subject Utopias
Category Text
eBook-No. 56639
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Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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