Depression Island
Title | Depression Island |
Year for Search | 1935 |
Authors | Sinclair, Upton [Beall](1878-1968) |
Publisher | Author |
Place Published | Pasadena, CA |
Keywords | Male author, US author |
Annotation | The first part of the book is a satire on capitalism in which three men shipwrecked on an island recreate class. The second part of the book is a satire on gender relations. |
Additional Publishers | The book originated as a few pages in his The Way Out: What Lies Ahead for America (New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1933), 25-31. |
Info Notes | Sinclair wrote a number of utopias; see 1903, 1907, 1914, 1928, 1933 (2), 1935 We, People of |
Author Note | (1878-1968) |
Full Text | 1935 Sinclair, Upton [Beall] (1878-1968). Depression Island. Pasadena, CA: Author. The book originated as a few pages in his The Way Out: What Lies Ahead for America (New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1933), 25-31. Sinclair then developed it into a screenplay (no film was made), which was performed as a play at a fund-raising event during his campaign for Governor of California. The book is the script. NN, PSt The first part of the book is a satire on capitalism in which three men shipwrecked on an island recreate class. The second part of the book is a satire on gender relations. |