Depression Island
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1935
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| Annotation |
The first part of the book is a satire on capitalism in which three men shipwrecked on an island recreate class. The second part of the book is a satire on gender relations. |
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Author
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| Place Published |
Pasadena, CA
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| Full Text |
1935 Sinclair, Upton [Beall] (1878-1968). Depression Island. Pasadena, CA: Author. The book originated as a few pages in his The Way Out: What Lies Ahead for America (New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1933), 25-31. Sinclair then developed it into a screenplay (no film was made), which was performed as a play at a fund-raising event during his campaign for Governor of California. The book is the script. NN, PSt The first part of the book is a satire on capitalism in which three men shipwrecked on an island recreate class. The second part of the book is a satire on gender relations. |
| Additional Publishers |
The book originated as a few pages in his The Way Out: What Lies Ahead for America (New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1933), 25-31. |
| Info Notes |
Sinclair wrote a number of utopias; see 1903, 1907, 1914, 1928, 1933 (2), 1935 We, People of America And How We Ended Poverty, 1936, 1948, and 1950 Sinclair. |
| Author Note |
(1878-1968) |
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