"The Story of Happinolande"

Title"The Story of Happinolande"
Year for Search1889
AuthorsBunce, Oliver(1828-90)
Secondary TitleThe Story of Happinolande and Other Legends
Pagination5-67
Date Published1889
PublisherD. Appleton
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Anti-egalitarian satire. When a freak of nature provides an abundance of gold and it is distributed equally, no one will work, and a generally good system collapses. When another freak of nature covers the gold, people must work and abundance returns.

Holding Institutions

PSt, W3,775

Author Note

(1828-90)

Full Text

1889 Bunce, Oliver Bell (1828-90). “The Story of Happinolande.” In his The Story of Happinolande and Other Legends (New York: D. Appleton, 1889), 5-67. PSt, W3,775

Anti-egalitarian satire. When a freak of nature provides an abundance of gold and it is distributed equally, no one will work, and a generally good system collapses. When another freak of nature covers the gold, people must work and abundance returns.