Utopia (Burnet translation)

Utopia (Burnet translation)

by Thomas More

Narrated by LibriVox Community

 — 3 hours, 53 minutes

Utopia (Burnet translation)

Utopia (Burnet translation)

by Thomas More

Narrated by LibriVox Community

 — 3 hours, 53 minutes

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Overview



This book is all about the fictional country called Utopia. It is a country with an `ideal' form of communism, in which everything really does belong to everybody, everyone does the work they want to, and everyone is alright with that. This country uses gold for chamber pots and prison chains, pearls and diamonds for children's playthings, and requires that a man and a woman see each other exactly as they are, naked, before getting married. This book gave the word 'utopia' the meaning of a perfect society, while the Greek word actually means `no place'. Enjoy listening to this story about a country that really is too good to be true. (Summary by Jenilee.)

This is the 17th century translation by Gilbert Burnet, edited in the 19th century by Henry Morley.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940169129830
Publisher: LibriVox
Publication date: 08/25/2014
Sales rank: 319,444
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