Utopia

Thomas More

Dec 2016 · Author's Republic · Narrated by Multiple Narrators

About this audiobook

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. 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.

Ratings and reviews

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The Utopia of More is the search for a harmonious and moral society. It bears the mark of its author's rigorism - rigorism which earned him beheaded for refusing to take an oath to an act of the English Parliament that rejected the Pope's authority - and bears no resemblance to the libertarian utopias of the second half. Of the XXth century. Please make no mistake about it: in Utopia, you can't enjoy unhindered! Thus, this original utopia - inspired by ancient texts, including Plato and his idea

Despite its apparent perfection, Hythloday acknowledges that Utopia is not without its flaws, and he critiques certain aspects of Utopian life, such as its lack of individual freedom and its strict adherence to certain customs and regulations.