News from Nowhere: or, An Epoch of Rest
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A socialist falls asleep after a meeting in Hammersmith and wakes in a Thames valley with no money, no prisons, no factories and no London — only workshops, gardens and people who find work a pleasure. Morris wrote it in answer to Bellamy's regimented utopia, which he detested; his wallpapers are still in production, and his politics are still an argument. Forty-four plates by painters including William James Müller and Charles William Wyllie follow the river from the Pool of London to Greenwich reach, matching Morris's dream of a Thames valley freed from factories.
A socialist falls asleep after a meeting in Hammersmith and wakes in a Thames valley with no money, no prisons, no factories and no London — only workshops, gardens and people who find work a pleasure. Morris wrote it in answer to Bellamy's regimented utopia, which he detested; his wallpapers are...
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William Morris (1834–1896) was an English designer, writer, and socialist. He founded the Kelmscott Press in Hammersmith, London, and authored prose romances such as The Wood Beyond the World, The Well at the World's End, and the utopian work News from Nowhere.
William Morris (1834–1896) was an English designer, writer, and socialist. He founded the Kelmscott Press in Hammersmith, London, and authored prose romances such as The Wood Beyond the World, The Well at the World's End, and the utopian work News from Nowhere.
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