"Australia, 1999"

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Title"Australia, 1999"
Year for Search1933
AuthorsSimpson, Helen [de Guerry](1897-1940)
Secondary TitleThe Woman on the Beast, Viewed from Three Angles
Pagination301-432
Date Published1933
PublisherWilliam Heinemann
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsAustralian author, English author, Female 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. 
Additional Publishers

(U.S. ed Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran.
Holding Institutions

A, ATL, AzU, IU, M
Author Note

The female author (1897-1940) was born in Australia but lived mostly in England from age sixteen.
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.