Pyrna: A Commune; or, Under the Ice

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TitlePyrna: A Commune; or, Under the Ice
Year for Search1875
Authors[Davis], [Ellis James](1850-1905)
Date Published1875
PublisherBickers and Son
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Eutopia called the Universal Community of Free Brethren located inside a glacier in Switzerland. While the institutions of the society are presented positively, there is a general sense that the people are too unemotional. Pyrna means "The Beautiful Home". Emphasis on the educational system. Gender equality. Highly refined. The people "looked upon eating as a disagreeable necessity. . ." (125/Claeys 57).
Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Late Victorian Utopias: A Prospectus. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 6 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2009), 1: 3-64. Editor's notes 1, 349.
Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The author (1850-1905) was a barrister.
Full Text

1875 [Davis, Ellis James] (1850-1905). Pyrna: A Commune; or, Under the Ice. London: Bickers and Son. Rpt. in Late Victorian Utopias: A Prospectus. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 6 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2009), 1: 3-64. Editor’s notes 1, 349. L, O, PSt

Eutopia called the Universal Community of Free Brethren located inside a glacier in Switzerland. While the institutions of the society are presented positively, there is a general sense that the people are too unemotional. Pyrna means “The Beautiful Home”. Emphasis on the educational system. Gender equality. Highly refined. The people “looked upon eating as a disagreeable necessity. . .” (125/Claeys 57). The author was a barrister.