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Klappentext One of the most literary utopian novels, News from Nowhere chronicles the impressions of a 19th-century visitor to the 22nd century, who finds England transformed into a socialist paradise. Morris' idyllic society echoes themes from the writings of Ruskin and Marx but forms a distinctive expression of the author's own egalitarian views. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTORY NOTE: How I BECAME A SOCIALISTI. DISCUSSION AND BED II. A MORNING BATH III. THE GUEST HOUSE AND BREAKFAST THEREIN IV A MARKET BY THE WAY V CHILDREN ON THE ROAD VI. A LITTLE SHOPPING VII. TRAFALGAR SQUARE VIII. AN OLD FRIEND IX. CONCERNING LOVE X. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS XI. CONCERNING GOVERNMENT XII. CONCERNING THE ARRANGEMENT OF LIFE XIII. CONCERNING POLITICS XIV How MATTERS ARE MANAGED XV. ON THE LACK OF INCENTIVE TO LABOUR IN A COMMUNIST SOCIETY XVI. DINNER IN THE HALL OF THE BLOOMSBURY MARKET XVII. How THE CHANGE CAME XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW LIFE XIX. THE DRIVE BACK TO HAMMERSMITH XX. THE HAMMERSMITH GUEST-HoUSE AGAIN XXI. GOING UP THE RIVER XXII. HAMPTON COURT AND A PRAISER OF PAST TIMES XXIII. AN EARLY MORNING BY RUNNYMEDE XXIV. Up THE THAMES: THE SECOND DAY xxv. THE THIRD DAY ON THE THAMES XXVI. THE OBSTINATE REFUSERS XXVII. THE UPPER WATERS XXVIII. THE LITTLE RIVER XXIX. A RESTING-PLACE ON THE UPPER THAMES XXX. THE JOURNEY'S END XXXI. AN OLD HOUSE AMONGST NEW FOLK XXXII. THE FEAST'S BEGINNING-THE END
