The Perfect World: A Romance of Strange People and Strange Places

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TitleThe Perfect World: A Romance of Strange People and Strange Places
Year for Search1922
AuthorsScrymsour[-Nicol], Ella M[arie](1888-1962)
Tertiary AuthorsScrymsour, Ella M[arie]
Date Published[1922]
PublisherEveleigh Nash & Grayson Ltd.
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Female author
Annotation

A complex novel that includes both a dystopia and a eutopia. The dystopia is in the center of the Earth and is inhabited by the descendants of Jews condemned by God to be swallowed by the Earth. The protagonists from the surface escape the dystopia, and, while the Earth is destroyed, they escape in a "airship", which takes them directly to a eutopian Jupiter. Jupiter had a separate Adam and Eve, but without the Fall and has developed a good society that, while hierarchical, is based on pro rata sharing.
Additional Publishers

U.S. ed New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1922.
Holding Institutions

DLC, MoU-St, PSt
Author Note

Female author (1888-1962).
Full Text

[1922] Scrymsour[-Nicol], Ella M[arie] (1888-1962). The Perfect World: A Romance of Strange People and Strange Places. London: Eveleigh Nash & Grayson Ltd. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1922. DLC, MoU-St, PSt

A complex novel that includes both a dystopia and a eutopia. The dystopia is in the center of the Earth and is inhabited by the descendants of Jews condemned by God to be swallowed by the Earth. The protagonists from the surface escape the dystopia, and, while the Earth is destroyed, they escape in a “airship”, which takes them directly to a eutopian Jupiter. Jupiter had a separate Adam and Eve, but without the Fall and has developed a good society that, while hierarchical, is based on pro rata sharing. Female author.