Man's Mortality. A Story

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1933
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Dystopia. A huge trust controls the world and has established world peace, but it has become both corrupt and is no longer willing to accept any real differences or local power. Most of the novel is concerned with the fight for individual and national liberty, but the leader of that fight comes to believe in his own importance, so there is no eutopia in prospect.

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1933

Publisher
William Heinemann
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London
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1933 Arlen, Michael (1895-1956). Man's Mortality. A Story. London: William Heinemann.  DLC, LLL, MoU-St

Dystopia. A huge trust controls the world and has established world peace, but it has become both corrupt and is no longer willing to accept any real differences or local power. Most of the novel is concerned with the fight for individual and national liberty, but the leader of that fight comes to believe in his own importance, so there is no eutopia in prospect. The author was born in Bulgaria of Armenian parents but spent most of his life in the U.K. He changed his name from Dikran Kuyumjian to Michael Arlen in 1922. His original name is spelled in various ways, but this is the way he spells it in the book in the dedication to his father.

Author Note

The author (1895-1956) was born in Bulgaria of Armenian parents but spent most of his life in the UK. He changed his name from Dikran Kuyumjian to Michael Arlen in 1922. His original name is spelled in various ways, but this is the way he spells it in the book in the dedication to his father.

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