The Man Who Would Not Be King. Being the Adventures of one Fenimore Slavington, who was neither born great nor achieved greatness, but had greatness thrust upon him much to his own discomfort and the discomfort of many others
| Title | The Man Who Would Not Be King. Being the Adventures of one Fenimore Slavington, who was neither born great nor achieved greatness, but had greatness thrust upon him much to his own discomfort and the discomfort of many others |
| Year for Search | 1913 |
| Authors | Dark, Sidney(1874-1947) |
| Date Published | 1913 |
| Publisher | John Lane The Bodley Head |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Socialist dystopia brought about by too great a desire for efficiency, exemplified for the author by Sidney Webb (1859-1947). He prefers the approach of Robert Blatchford (see 1906-7 Blatchford) and says, "I believe that the real business of man is to live--to throw stones into pools and watch the ripples, to dream, to loaf, to love, to play the fool, to begin and never to end, to read poetry (if he cannot write it), to grow roses" (viii-ix). |
| Holding Institutions | MoU-St |
| Author Note | (1874-1947) |
| Full Text | 1913 Dark, Sidney (1874-1947). The Man Who Would Not Be King. Being the Adventures of one Fenimore Slavington, who was neither born great nor achieved greatness, but had greatness thrust upon him much to his own discomfort and the discomfort of many others. Socialist dystopia brought about by too great a desire for efficiency, exemplified for the author by Sidney Webb (1859-1947). He prefers the approach of Robert Blatchford (see 1906-7 Blatchford) and says, “I believe that the real business of man is to live--to throw stones into pools and watch the ripples, to dream, to loaf, to love, to play the fool, to begin and never to end, to read poetry (if he cannot write it), to grow roses” (viii-ix). |
