The Quest of the Simple Life
| Title | The Quest of the Simple Life |
| Year for Search | 1903 |
| Authors | Dawson, W[illiam] J[ames](1854-1928) |
| Tertiary Authors | Dawson, W. |
| Pagination | 278 pp. |
| Date Published | 1903 |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | The first part of the book is taken up with the author’s complaints about city life, while recognizing its advantages. The second part is about his search for a way of living in the countryside, the discovery of a cottage, and his life there with his wife and children. The book ends, though, with a chapter, “The city of the Future” (257-278) in which he discusses how the modern city could be transformed to keep the advantages of city life without the accompanying disadvantages. His solution is a core city with many parks surrounded by towns with all the basic amenities but all, equally, part of the core city. |
| Additional Publishers | US ed. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1907. |
| Holding Institutions | CU |
| Author Note | (1854-1928) |
| Full Text | 1903 Dawson, W[illiam] J[ames] (1854-1928). The Quest of the Simple Life. London: Hodder & Stoughton. 278 pp. US ed. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1907. CU The first part of the book is taken up with the author’s complaints about city life, while recognizing its advantages. The second part is about his search for a way of living in the countryside, the discovery of a cottage, and his life there with his wife and children. The book ends, though, with a chapter, “The city of the Future” (257-278) in which he discusses how the modern city could be transformed to keep the advantages of city life without the accompanying disadvantages. His solution is a core city with many parks surrounded by towns with all the basic amenities but all, equally, part of the core city. |
