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News from Nowhere
章节(32)
- I: Discussion and Bed 0:00
- II: A Morning Bath 6:17
- III: The Guest House and the Breakfast Therein 24:48
- IV: A Market by the Way 46:37
- V: Children on the Road 54:04
- VI: A Little Shopping 1:10:07
- VII: Trafalgar Square 1:27:37
- VIII: An Old Friend 1:45:13
- IX: Concerning Love 1:53:16
- X: Question and Answers 2:20:01
- XI: Concerning Government 2:47:38
- XII: Concerning the Arrangement of Life 2:57:45
- XIII: Concerning Politics 3:10:30
- XIV: How Matters Are Managed 3:11:20
- XV: On the Lack of Incentive to Labour in a Communist Society 3:24:05
- XVI: Dinner in the Hall of the Bloomsbury Market 3:43:17
- XVII: How the Change Came 3:52:47
- XVIII: The Beginning of the New Life 4:55:11
- XIX: The Drive Back to Hammersmith 5:07:04
- XX: The Hammersmith Guesthouse Again 5:19:04
- XXI: Going Up the River 5:22:36
- XXII: Hampton Court and a Praiser of Past Times 5:29:09
- XXIII: An Early Morning by the Runnymede 5:51:25
- XXIV: Up the Thames: The Second Day 6:04:13
- XXV: The Third Day on the Thames 6:24:34
- XXVI: The Obstinate Refusers 6:34:17
- XXVII: The Upper Waters 6:43:55
- XXVIII: The Little River 7:08:25
- XXIX: A Resting-Place on the Upper Thames 7:17:31
- XXX: The Journey’s End 7:28:06
- XXXI: An Old House Amongst New Folk 7:41:08
- XXXII: The Feast’s Beginning … The End 7:52:21
William Guest wakes up to find himself transported to a future utopian society. This bucolic society functions despite the absence of private property, marriage, prisons, courts, schools, and central government. The people are happy, healthy, and hard working. As he travels through this revitalized England, he discovers how this society works and how it came to be.
Edward Bellamy’s 1888 utopian novel Looking Backward describes a very different future utopian society, where machines have reduced the need to work, and strong government redistributive policies have eliminated inequality. Morris, in reviewing that book, disagreed with its conclusions, and News from Nowhere presents his competing utopian vision. In Morris’ ideal society, work isn’t something to be eliminated by machines, but rather a way to exercise creativity and to grow closer both to nature and to others. Work is performed not through coercion but through genuine appreciation. Morris emphasizes the need to change not only the material aspects of capitalism, but also the way society views work, the environment, and the purpose of life.
News from Nowhere is considered a landmark novel in anarchism and influenced many early twentieth century socialists. The first edition was serialized in the Commonweal in 1890, before being published as a book, with some editorial changes, in 1891. In 1892, Morris published a final edition as one of the first books printed by his soon-to-be-legendary publishing company, the Kelmscott Press. It was printed by hand at his own home, and decorated and typeset by him using a typeface he designed.