"The Story of Happinolande"

Year for Search
1889
Secondary Title
The Story of Happinolande and Other Legends
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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.

Pagination
5-67
Published Date

1889

Publisher
D. Appleton
Place Published
New York
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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.

Author Note

(1828-90)

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