News from Nowhere and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)

Poet,pattern-designer,environmentalistandmakeroffinebooks,WilliamMorris(183496)wasalsoacommittedsocialistandvisionarywriter,obsessivelyconcernedwiththestruggletoachieveaperfectsocietyonearth.NewsFromNowhere,oneofthemostsignificantEnglishworksonthethemeofutopia,isthetaleofWilliamGuest,aVictorianwhowakesonemorningtofindhimselfintheyear2102anddiscoversasocietythathaschangedbeyondrecognitionintoapastoralparadise,inwhichallpeopleliveinblissfulequalityandcontentment.Asocialistmasterpiece,NewsFromNowhereisavisionofafuturefreefromcapitalism,isolationandindustrialisation.ThisvolumealsocontainsawideselectionofMorris'swritings,lectures,journalismandletters,whichexpanduponthekeythemesofNewsFromNowhere.