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Books : Utopia (Penguin Classics)In association with Amazon.comby: Thomas More  Amazon.com's Price: $9.00 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 335.02 EAN: 9780140449105 ISBN: 0140449108 Label: Penguin Classics Manufacturer: Penguin Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: May 06, 2003 Publisher: Penguin Classics Release Date: April 29, 2003 Studio: Penguin Classics Sales Rank: 8194 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Revised introduction; new chronology and further reading Translated with an Introduction by Paul Turner. Average Rating:
 Rating: - UtopiaWith its communist undertones and democratic themes, More's little book was quite ahead of its time, especially considering his loyalty to the throne and his spirituality, though the humanist in him must have really enjoyed the ideas of this docile society. Having coined the term Utopia, but certainly not the concept, More defines all aspects of the ideal society, from communal living, commerce, education, warfare, politics, and religious tolerance, a far cry from the society More is accustomed ... Read More Rating:  - Astonishing - Given Who Wrote ItThis is an astonishing work - given that it was written five hundred years ago by Thomas More, a rich Catholic and later Lord Chancellor. Thomas More begins his tale autobiographically and relates how he meets a traveler called Raphael who is highly educated in Greek language and literature (who is, in other words, a humanist). The rest of the short book consists mainly of Raphael's discourse about the island of Utopia, which is Greek for "no place" (though it might also be a pun for ... Read More Rating:  - Not at all about the perfect societyI got this book because of all the hype surrounding it, especially when something carries the title "Utopian society". Yet, after reading it I find that Utopia itself was never meant to be the "perfect" society, but rather a "different" society. In fact, Utopia is far from perfect, and people need to quit thinking that it is. As a STORY, Utopia is not all that exciting. Animal Farm is a much better book in my opinion. Rating:  - Good food for thought if you can get past the writingI read this book out of curiousity mostly. Considering it was written several hundred years ago, it was a challenge to get over the dry writing. There isn't a story here as much as a listing of daily practices and customs in Utopia. Some silly, some almost ingenious. The underlying theme is an example of a perfect society; but at aprice - personal freedoms. What I also found interesting was that a few of the ideals contridicted themselves throughout the novel. Everyone is equal, ... Read More Rating: - Utopia: 'a place that does not exist'I first read this book in my impressionable and idealistic youth (some time in the second half of the last century). I've read it a couple of times since then and still enjoy the way that the book can be read as either a satire (my current preferred reading) or as a description of an ideal society. This is a very short book and well worth reading - even for those of us without Latin who can only read it in translation. Recommended. Jennifer Cameron-Smith Browse for similar items by category:
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