Pyrna: A Commune; or, Under the Ice
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1875
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Eutopia called the Universal Community of Free Brethren located inside a glacier in Switzerland. While the institutions of the society are presented positively, there is a general sense that the people are too unemotional. Pyrna means "The Beautiful Home". Emphasis on the educational system. Gender equality. Highly refined. The people "looked upon eating as a disagreeable necessity. . ." (125/Claeys 57). |
| Published Date |
1875 |
| Publisher |
Bickers and Son
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| Place Published |
London
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1875 [Davis, Ellis James] (1850-1905). Pyrna: A Commune; or, Under the Ice. London: Bickers and Son. Rpt. in Late Victorian Utopias: A Prospectus. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 6 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2009), 1: 3-64. Editor’s notes 1, 349. L, O, PSt Eutopia called the Universal Community of Free Brethren located inside a glacier in Switzerland. While the institutions of the society are presented positively, there is a general sense that the people are too unemotional. Pyrna means “The Beautiful Home”. Emphasis on the educational system. Gender equality. Highly refined. The people “looked upon eating as a disagreeable necessity. . .” (125/Claeys 57). The author was a barrister. |
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Rpt. in Late Victorian Utopias: A Prospectus. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 6 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2009), 1: 3-64. Editor's notes 1, 349. |
| Author Note |
The author (1850-1905) was a barrister. |
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