An Unsocial socialist
Publisher: General Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Memphis, Tenn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9781153587013
Description: "Written in 1883, An Unsocial Socialist was published in 1887. The tale begins with a hilarious description of student antics at a girl's school then changes focus to a seemingly uncouth laborer who, it soon develops, is really a wealthy gentleman in hiding from his overly affectionate wife. He needs the freedom gained by matrimonial truancy to promote the socialistic cause, to which he is an active convert. Once the subject of socialism emerges, it dominates the story, allowing only space enough in the final chapters to excoriate the idle upper class and allow the erstwhile schoolgirls, in their earliest maturity, to marry suitably"--Wikisource.org
Notes: A reprint of the novel, originally published in 1887.