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Name: News from Nowhere, or, An epoch of rest
Author: William Morris

📘 News from Nowhere, or, An epoch of rest by William Morris

News from Nowhere, published in 1890, is William Morris’s most celebrated utopian work. In it he sketches a future in which a workers’ revolution has abolished capitalism, replaced by a harmonious society that values art, nature, and communal life. Drawing on the ideas of Ruskin and Marx, Morris critiques the mechanistic tendencies of contemporary socialism and presents an alternative vision grounded in beauty, cooperation, and social equity.

First publish date: April 30, 2004

Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature

Authors: William Morris

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