Modern Utopia
by H. G. Wells
Chapter 1 of 21 Introduction: The Owner of the Voice
- Running time
- 10 h 11 min
- Language
- English
- Readers
- Alisson Veldhuis, Bill Boerst, Caeliveres, CalmDragon, Daniel George and 4 others
Chapters
About this recording
H. G. Wells's proposal for social reform was the formation of a world state, a concept that would increasingly preoccupy him throughout the remainder of his life. One of his most ambitious early attempts at portraying a world state was A Modern Utopia (1905). A Modern Utopia was intended as a hybrid between fiction and 'philosophical discussion'. Like most utopists, he has indicated a series of modifications which in his opinion would increase the aggregate of human happiness. Basically, Wells' idea of a perfect world would be if everyone were able to live a happy life. This book is written with an intimate knowledge of former ideal commonwealths and is a conscious attempt to describe a utopia that is not utopian. (Summary by Wikipedia)