The Exile
| Title | The Exile |
| Year for Search | 1927 |
| Authors | Johnston, Mary(1870-1936) |
| Date Published | 1927 |
| Publisher | Little, Brown |
| Place Published | Boston |
| Keywords | Female author, US author |
| Annotation | The novel begins with Eldorado Island, where English settlers are shipwrecked in the eighteenth century and establish a flourishing community, which grows with additions from visiting ships and the birth of children. Presented as a eutopia of simplicity. But on the mainland war and a dictatorship develop and Eldorado Island is used as a place of exile for dissidents. The novel follows the latest exile's experience on the island, the coming of another war, and its ending with a worldwide spiritual awakening that suggests that a eutopia will follow. |
| Additional Publishers | U.K. ed. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1927. |
| Holding Institutions | O, PSt |
| Author Note | Female author (1870-1936) |
| Full Text | 1927 Johnston, Mary (1870-1936). The Exile. Boston: Little, Brown, 1927. U.K. ed. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1927. O, PSt The novel begins on Eldorado Island, where English settlers are shipwrecked in the eighteenth century and establish a flourishing community, which grows with additions from visiting ships and the birth of children. Presented as a eutopia of simplicity. But on the mainland war and a dictatorship develop, and Eldorado Island is used as a place of exile for dissidents. The novel follows the latest exile’s experience on the island, the coming of another war, and its ending with a worldwide spiritual awakening that suggests that a eutopia will follow. Female author. |
