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Length8h 12m
About this audiobook
Wake up in a future England where industrial squalor has been replaced by a pastoral socialist utopia. The protagonist, a Victorian traveler, discovers a society without money, class conflict, or government, where work is performed for the sheer joy of creation. This dream vision serves as both a critique of 19th-century capitalism and a hopeful blueprint for a world based on beauty and fellowship. It is a gentle yet radical work of political imagination that argues for the transformative power of art and community.
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Rating★★★★ 3.9 (13.3K)
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GenreScience Fiction
Length8 hrs 12 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
11. Discussion And Bed
22. A Morning Bath
33. The Guest House And Breakfast Therein
44. A Market By The Way
55. Children On The Road
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66. A Little Shopping
77. Trafalgar Square
88. An Old Friend
99. Concerning Love
1010. Questions And Answers
1111. Concerning Government
1212. Concerning The Arrangement Of Life
1313. Concerning Politics
1414. How Matters Are Managed
1515. On The Lack Of Incentive To Labour In A Communist Society
1616. Dinner In The Hall Of The Bloomsbury Market
1717. How The Change Came
1818. The Beginning Of The New Life
1919. The Drive Back To Hammersmith
2020. The Hammersmith Guest-House Again
2121. Going Up The River
2222. Hampton Court And A Praiser Of Past Times
2323. An Early Morning By Runnymede
2424. Up The Thames: The Second Day
2525. The Third Day On The Thames
2626. The Obstinate Refusers
2727. The Upper Waters
2828. The Little River
2929. A Resting-Place On The Upper Thames
3030. The Journey’s End
3131. An Old House Amongst New Folk
3232. The Feast’s Beginning; The End
33IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
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