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ISbN 978-0-14-144232-7 $12.00 (NCR)<br />

Literature/Philosophy 5 1 /16 x 7 3 /4 208 pp. Rights: N00<br />

Pub history: <strong>Penguin</strong> Classics pb 978-0-14-044910-5<br />

(translated by Paul Turner) On sale: 12/24/2012<br />

SuggeSTeD ORDeR<br />

A major new translation of Thomas More’s<br />

popular work of philosophical fiction<br />

Utopia<br />

Thomas More<br />

Translated with an Introduction by Dominic Baker-Smith<br />

In his most famous and controversial book, Utopia, Thomas More<br />

imagines a perfect island nation where thousands live in peace<br />

and harmony, men and women are both educated, and all property<br />

is communal. Through dialogue and correspondence between the<br />

protagonist Raphael Hythloday and his friends and contemporaries,<br />

More explores the theories behind war, political disagreements,<br />

social quarrels, and wealth distribution and imagines the<br />

day-to-day lives of those citizens enjoying freedom from fear, oppression,<br />

violence, and suffering. Originally written in Latin, this<br />

vision of an ideal world is also a scathing satire of Europe in the<br />

sixteenth century and has been hugely influential since publication,<br />

shaping utopian fiction even today.<br />

n New translation<br />

n The previous <strong>Penguin</strong> Classics edition has sold more than<br />

100,000 copies<br />

n Contains two new appendices: an example of contemporary<br />

travel literature and an adage by Erasmus<br />

thoMAs MoRe (1477/8–1535) was an English lawyer,<br />

philosopher, and statesman. In 1534 he was tried as a traitor at<br />

Westminster Hall for his refusal to accept the royal supremacy over<br />

the church and was later beheaded on Tower Hill. He was canonized<br />

by Pope Pius XI in 1935.<br />

doMiniC BAkeR-sMith is an emeritus professor at the<br />

University of Amsterdam and the author of a book-length study of<br />

Thomas More’s Utopia.<br />

PENGUIN CLASSIC<br />

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