Revolution: A Novel
| Title | Revolution: A Novel |
| Year for Search | 1921 |
| Authors | Beresford, J[ohn] D[avys](1873-1947) |
| Tertiary Authors | Beresford, J. D. |
| Date Published | 1921 |
| Publisher | W. Collins & Sons |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Dystopia depicting a revolution as it effects one parish as seen primarily through the eyes of a man who tries to see both sides. A labour dictatorship emerges that plans to establish a socialist system, but the people reject equality and common property. The counter-revolution succeeds but simply replaces one dictatorship with another. At the end the protagonist is at the beginning of a campaign to bring the country back together. |
| Additional Publishers | U.S. ed. as Revolution: A Story of the Near Future in England. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1921. |
| Title Note | U.S. ed. as Revolution: A Story of the Near Future in England. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1921. |
| Holding Institutions | L, PSt |
| Author Note | (1873-1947) |
| Full Text | 1921 Beresford, J[ohn] D[avys] (1873-1947). Revolution. A Novel. London: W. Collins & Sons. U.S. ed. as Revolution: A Story of the Near Future in England. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1921. L, PSt Dystopia depicting a revolution as it effects one parish as seen primarily through the eyes of a man who tries to see both sides. A labour dictatorship emerges that plans to establish a socialist system, but the people reject equality and common property. The counter-revolution succeeds but simply replaces one dictatorship with another. At the end the protagonist is at the beginning of a campaign to bring the country back together. |
