Modern Utopia (Complete Edition)

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;A Modern Utopia (Complete Edition)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. A Modern Utopia is presented as a tale told by a sketchily described character known only as the Owner of the Voice. This character "e;is not to be taken as the Voice of the ostensible author who fathers these pages,"e; Wells warns. He is accompanied by another character known as "e;the botanist."e; Interspersed in the narrative are discursive remarks on various matters, creating what Wells called in his preface "e;a sort of shot-silk texture between philosophical discussion on the one hand and imaginative narrative on the other."e; Because of the complexity and sophistication of its narrative structure, H.G. Wells's A Modern Utopia has been called "e;not so much a modern as a postmodern utopia."e; The novel is best known for its notion that a voluntary order of nobility known as the Samurai could effectively rule a "e;kinetic and not static"e; world state so as to solve "e;the problem of combining progress with political stability."e; Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), known as H. G. Wells, was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. This carefully crafted ebook: "e;A Modern Utopia (Complete Edition)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. A Modern Utopia is presented as a tale told by a sketchily described character known only as the Owner of the Voice. This character "e;is not to be taken as the Voice of the ostensible author who fathers these pages,"e; Wells warns. He is accompanied by another character known as "e;the botanist."e; Interspersed in the narrative are discursive remarks on various matters, creating what Wells called in his preface "e;a sort of shot-silk texture between philosophical discussion on the one hand and imaginative narrative on the other.