TY - ABST T1 - The Man Who Would Not Be King. Being the Adventures of one Fenimore Slavington, who was neither born great nor achieved greatness, but had greatness thrust upon him much to his own discomfort and the discomfort of many others Y1 - 1913 A1 - Sidney Dark (1874-1947) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Socialist dystopia brought about by too great a desire for efficiency, exemplified for the author by Sidney Webb (1859-1947). He prefers the approach of Robert Blatchford (see 1906-7 Blatchford) and says, "I believe that the real business of man is to live--to throw stones into pools and watch the ripples, to dream, to loaf, to love, to play the fool, to begin and never to end, to read poetry (if he cannot write it), to grow roses" (viii-ix).

PB - John Lane The Bodley Head CY - London U5 -

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