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Nineteen Hundred? A Forecast and a Story
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781023591379
Publisher: Anson Street Press
Published: Mar 29 2025
Pages: 322
Weight: 1.38
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Marianne Farningham's Nineteen hundred?: A forecast and a story offers a fascinating glimpse into late 19th-century anxieties and aspirations for the future of England. Categorized as both utopian fiction and dystopian, this thought-provoking narrative serves as potent social commentary, exploring potential social conditions in England.
Published originally in 1892, the book engages with themes of social prediction, envisioning a future society still decades away. Farningham's work invites readers to contemplate the trajectory of society and question the prevailing norms of her time. It remains a compelling exploration of societal possibilities, providing a window into the hopes and fears that shaped a generation as they looked toward an uncertain future. Dive into this meticulously prepared print republication of a historical text and discover the roots of our continuing fascination with forecasting the world to come.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
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