News from Nowhere by William Morris audiobook

News from Nowhere

By William Morris
Read by Andrew Wincott

Naxos 9780500519394

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • ISBN: 9798212273336

  • ISBN: 9798212273329

  • ISBN: 9798212273343

Runtime: 9.28 Hours
Category: Fiction/Classics
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

Although William Morris is known primarily as a designer, he was also a writer of poetry and prose. The novel News from Nowhere (subtitled An Epoch of Rest Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance ) is his best-known prose work and describes a humane socialist future as experienced by William Guest, who is transplanted there from the 19th century. Set in London and Oxfordshire, the novel takes place in 2090, over a century after a revolutionary upheaval. It remains a distinctive literary contribution to the concept of the utopian ideal.

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Author Bio: William Morris

Author Bio: William Morris

William Morris (1834–1896) was an English textile designer, poet, novelist, translator, and social activist. Associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement, he was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary contributions helped to establish the modern fantasy genre, while he played a significant role in propagating the early socialist movement in Britain.

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Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Fiction/Classics
Runtime: 9.28
Audience: Adult
Language: English