num_pages: 163
description: In his most famous and controversial book, Utopia, Thomas More imagines a perfect island nation where thousands live in peace and harmony, men and women are both educated, and all property is communal. Through dialogue and correspondence between the protagonist Raphael Hythloday and his friends and contemporaries, More explores the theories behind war, political disagreements, social quarrels, and wealth distribution and imagines the day-to-day lives of those citizens enjoying freedom from fear, oppression, violence, and suffering. Originally written in Latin, this vision of an ideal world is also a scathing satire of Europe in the sixteenth century and has been hugely influential since publication, shaping utopian fiction even today.
language: English
title: Utopia
titlecomplete: Utopia
characters: Raphael Hythloday, General Utopus, Peter Giles, Cardinal John Morton, Thomas More
genres: Politics, Philosophy, Dystopia, School, Science Fiction, Literature, Utopia, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 72376
places: Utopia, Antwerp
publisher: Penguin Classics