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Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More’s description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries.

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The work begins with written correspondence between Thomas More and several people he had met on the continent: Peter Gilles, town clerk of Antwerp, and Hieronymus van Busleyden, counselor to Charles V. More chose these letters, which are communications between actual people, to further the plausibility of his fictional land. In the same spirit, these letters also include a specimen of the Utopian alphabet and its poetry. The letters also explain the lack of widespread travel to Utopia; during the first mention of the land, someone had coughed during the announcement of the exact longitude and latitude. The first book tells of the traveler Raphael Hythlodaeus, to whom More is introduced in Antwerp, and it also explores the subject of how best to counsel a prince, a popular topic at the time.

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Name Of the Novel: Utopia
Author: Thomas More
Original title: Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia
Language: Latin
Genre: political philosophy, satire
Publisher: More
Publication date: 1516
Published in English 1551
Media type: Print
Pages: 359
OCLC: 863744174
Dewey Decimal: 335.02
LC Class HX810.5 .E54
Preceded by A Merry Jest
Followed by: Latin Poems
Book Type: Pdf / ePub