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Overview"Here, More paints a vision of the customs and practices of a distant island, but Utopia means ""no place"" and his narrator's name, Hythlodaeus, translates as ""dispenser of nonsense"". This fantastical tale masks what is a serious and subversive analysis of the failings of More's society. Advocating instead a world in which there is religious tolerance, provision for the aged, and state ownership of land, ""Utopia"" has been variously claimed as a Catholic tract or an argument for communism and it still invites each generation to make its own interpretation." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas More , Paul Turner , Paul Turner , Paul TurnerPublisher: Penguin Putnam Inc Imprint: Penguin Classics Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 19.70cm Weight: 0.136kg ISBN: 9780140449105ISBN 10: 0140449108 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 06 May 2003 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationThomas More was born in 1478. He succeeded Wolsey as Lord Chancellor of England, but came into conflict with the king, Henry VIII, by refusing to acknowledge him as sole head of the church. Charged with high treason, More steadfastly refused to takean oath impugning the pope's authority or upholding the king's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. He was beheaded in 1535. Paul Turner was educated at Winchester and King's College, Cambridge, and became an Emeritus Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |