News from Nowhere - William Morris
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Narrator: Barnaby Edwards
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News From Nowhere (UNABRIDGED) by William Morris Narrated by Barnaby Edwards, LENGTH: 8 hrs and 52 mins RELEASE DATE: 04-11-13 PUBLISHER: Audible Ltd, Audible Editor Reviews, Author Morris was a socialist, a pattern-maker, an environmentalist, and a writer. Here Morris imagines an England reformed through civic rebellion against social injustice. A young man goes to sleep and wakes up in the far future, in an England that has become a communist, rural utopia. British narrator Barnaby Edwards employs a droll and tony voice when reciting this mannered and far-fetched text. The novella is written in first person, and the protagonist is young. The story registers like an essay, and the protagonist sounds far older than his years. This book is mainly an imaginative vehicle for Morris to decry societal wrongs and propose an idealistic alternative. Matching Morris intent Edwards performs as if he is lecturing., Publishers Summary, News from Nowhere (1890) is the best-known prose work of Willi
