Penguin Books Winter 2013 - Bookseller Services - Penguin Group
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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 />
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