"Australia, 1999"
| Year for Search |
1933
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| Secondary Title |
The Woman on the Beast, Viewed from Three Angles
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| Author | |
| Annotation |
Dystopia as the third part of three stories representing the history of religion. Mrs. Emma Jordan Sopwith (a thinly disguised Aimee Semple Macpherson--1890-1944), the Antichrist, becomes world ruler through conversion and violent suppression of all opposition. All books are burnt except Mrs. Sopwith’s writings and her version of the Bible, Rome is bombed, Ireland depopulated, privacy abolished, and thought is controlled. Australia is the only holdout, although the entire population has become nomadic to avoid assault. End of the world. |
| Pagination |
301-432
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| Published Date |
1933 |
| Publisher |
William Heinemann
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| Place Published |
London
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| Keywords | |
| Full Text |
1933 Simpson, Helen [de Guerry] (1897-1940). “Australia, 1999.” In her The Woman on the Beast, Viewed from Three Angles (London: William Heinemann. U.S. ed. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1933), 301-432. A, ATL, AzU, IU, M, PSt Dystopia as the third part of three stories representing the history of religion. Mrs. Emma Jordan Sopwith (a thinly disguised Aimee Semple Macpherson--1890-1944), the Antichrist, becomes world ruler through conversion and violent suppression of all opposition. All books are burnt except Mrs. Sopwith’s writings and her version of the Bible, Rome is bombed, Ireland depopulated, privacy abolished, and thought is controlled. Australia is the only holdout, although the entire population has become nomadic to avoid assault. End of the world. The female author was born in Australia but lived mostly in England from age sixteen. |
| Additional Publishers |
(U.S. ed Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran. |
| Author Note |
The female author (1897-1940) was born in Australia but lived mostly in England from age sixteen. |
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