"The Fixed Period"

Title"The Fixed Period"
Year for Search1881
Authors[Trollope], [Anthony](1815-82)
Secondary TitleBlackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Volume / Edition 130 - 131
Pagination413-28, 553-71, 681-02; 78-96, 170-88, 330-48
Date PublishedOctober 1881 - March 1882
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

A society is established with a voluntary fixed period for life, which is intended to produce a eutopia but problems arise as the first people reach that age. Set on an island near New Zealand.

Additional Publishers

Repub. with deletions restored. 2 vols. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. Rpt. ed. R[obert] H. Super. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1990; and ed. David Skilton. Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1993. The Robert H. Super ed. rpt. illus. Elisa Trimby. London: Folio Society, 1997.

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Author Note

(1815-82)

Full Text

1881-82 [Trollope, Anthony] (1815-82). “The Fixed Period.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine 130 - 131 (October 1881 - March 1882): 413-28, 553-71, 681-02; 78-96, 170-88, 330-48. Repub. with deletions restored. 2 vols. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. Rpt. ed. R[obert] H. Super. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1990; and ed. David Skilton. Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1993. The Robert H. Super ed. rpt. illus. Elisa Trimby. London: Folio Society, 1997. L

A society is established with a voluntary fixed period for life, which is intended to produce a eutopia but problems arise as the first people reach that age. Set on an island near New Zealand.