A Buried Mystery

TitleA Buried Mystery
Year for Search1898
AuthorsMendham, Clement A[lfred](1859-1941)
Date Published1898
PublisherDigby, Long & Co.
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Lost race novel that depicts a eutopian country in the interior of South America. The only limit on freedom is that no new ideas may be propagated because the people are happy as they are. All things taken from a public storehouse. Marriage by lot at age 20. Love enters and most of the novel concerns issues that arise from this "new idea." The eutopia is destroyed in an earthquake.

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(1859-1941)

Full Text

1898 Mendham, Clement A. (1859-1941). A Buried Mystery. London: Digby, Long & Co. L, O

Lost race novel that depicts a eutopian country in the interior of South America. The only limit on freedom is that no new ideas may be propagated because the people are happy as they are. All things taken from a public storehouse. Marriage by lot at age 20. Love enters and most of the novel concerns issues that arise from this “new idea.” The eutopia is destroyed in an earthquake.