Three Works: A Dream of John Ball; The Pilgrims of Hope; News from Nowhere

By William Morris

Book Overview

This volume brings together News From Nowhere, A Dream of John Ball and The Pilgrims of Hope. The first story depicts an ideal but practical socialist society. The second tale uses dream imagery to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0717802027
• ISBN13: 9780717802029
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Intl Pub Co Inc
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 0.8" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

News From Nowhere is one of the most insightful novels ever!

Although ancient by most people's terms, this is probably among the most wonderfully written novels ever to be produced. News From Nowhere gives insights into how the people of the late 19th century thought the future was going to turn out like, and is surprising the number of details which are relatively accurate. The novel itself deals with a year sometime after 2003 and, as can be expected, many details are now impossible, but others are likely. The story is also great and very believeable on the whole. The characters are indepth and all add some colour to the book. Basicaly, reading this book, it is fascinating to compare the people, society and technolodgy imagined to our own, and when you do this you see just how little socially we have changed from the 1800s, but how are technolodgy has progressed at a phenomenal rate. An increddibly fascinating book, it is a must read for everyone.