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Victorian Science FictionClassic Fantasy

The Republic of the Future; or, Socialism a Reality

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Anna Bowman Dodd's The Republic of the Future; or, Socialism a Reality is a Victorian science fiction and classic fantasy novel. It deals with utopias.

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"The Republic of the Future; or, Socialism a Reality" by Anna Bowman Dodd is a novella published in 1887. Written as a conservative response to utopian literature, this dystopian tale follows a Swedish aristocrat visiting New York Socialist City in 2050. Through letters home, he describes a dreary conformist society where technological progress, feminism, and socialism have created identical homes, enforced mediocrity, and vacuous lives. The inhabitants look like "people who have come to the end of things and have failed to find it amusing."
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Who wrote The Republic of the Future; or, Socialism a Reality?

The Republic of the Future; or, Socialism a Reality was written by Anna Bowman Dodd.

What genre is The Republic of the Future; or, Socialism a Reality?

It is usually shelved as Victorian Science Fiction and Classic Fantasy.

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What books are similar to The Republic of the Future; or, Socialism a Reality?

Readers who like it often enjoy Gulliver's Travels, Aventures de Télémaque and Looking Backward from 2000 to 1887.

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