Paradise Found or The Superman Found Out in Three Acts
Title | Paradise Found or The Superman Found Out in Three Acts |
Year for Search | 1915 |
Authors | Upward, Allen(1863-1926) |
Date Published | 1915 |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
Place Published | Boston, MA |
Keywords | English author, Male author |
Annotation | Dystopian satire in which two hundred years in the future, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) awakes in a world based on a misreading of his ideas. The British Empire has collapsed, and England is under a corrupt Indian Empire. Canada is part of the U.S. Australia is controlled by Aborigines. South African natives are cannibals. In England, doctors are in power, and the entire system is corrupt. |
Title Note | Jacket title as reported by Cambridge University Library--The adventures of Bernard Shaw in a Shavian world. George Locke lists an acting edition, probably never published, with the title Paradise Found or The Superman Found Out. A Joke at Everybody's Expense in Three Acts. By Saint George [pseud.]. |
Holding Institutions | MoU-St |
Author Note | (1863-1926) |
Full Text | 1915 Upward, Allen (1863-1926). Paradise Found or The Superman Found Out in Three Acts. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. [Jacket title as reported by Cambridge University Library--The adventures of Bernard Shaw in a Shavian world]. The bookseller George Locke lists an acting edition, probably never published, with the title Paradise Found or The Superman Found Out. A Joke at Everybody’s Expense in Three Acts. By Saint George [pseud.]. MoU-St Dystopian satire in which two hundred years in the future, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) awakes in a world based on a misreading of his ideas. The British Empire has collapsed, and England is under a corrupt Indian Empire. Canada is part of the U.S. Australia is controlled by Aborigines. South African natives are cannibals. In England, doctors are in power ,and the entire system is corrupt. U.K. author. |