The Scarlet Empire

TitleThe Scarlet Empire
Year for Search1906
AuthorsParry, David M[aclean](1852-1915)
Pagination400 pp.
Date Published1906
PublisherThe Bobbs-Merrill Company
Place PublishedIndianapolis, IN
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Authoritarian dystopia set in Atlantis practicing precise equality, to the extent of limiting the number of words spoken each day. A full quarter of the population are inspectors to ensure that the rules are obeyed. Satire attacking socialism and labor unions. For context and some biography of the author see the 2001 Introduction. For a study, see J. Michael Duvall, “The Curious Tale of The Scarlet Empire.” Utopian Studies 35.1 (2024): 83-102.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. with the illus. but in B&W. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1911]. 400 pp.; with the illus. in Black & White. New York: Arno Press and The New York Times, 1971. 400 pp.; and with the illus. in Black & White. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2001, with an Introduction by Jerome M. Clubb and Howard W. Allen (vii-xxxix). 400 pp.

Illustration

Illus. in color Hermann C. Wall. In all the other editions, the illus. are in B&W.

Holding Institutions

DLC, L, MoU-St, PSt

Author Note

(1852-1915)

Full Text

1906 Parry, David M[aclean] (1852-1915). The Scarlet Empire. Illus. in color Hermann C. Wall. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. 400 pp. Rpt. with the illus. but in B&W. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1911]. 400 pp.; with the illus. in Black & White. New York: Arno Press and The New York Times, 1971. 400 pp.; and with the illus. in Black & White. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2001, with an Introduction by Jerome M. Clubb and Howard W. Allen (vii-xxxix). 400 pp. DLC, L, MoU-St, PSt

Authoritarian dystopia set in Atlantis practicing precise equality, to the extent of limiting the number of words spoken each day. A full quarter of the population are inspectors to ensure that the rules are obeyed. Satire attacking socialism and labor unions. For context and some biography of the author see the 2001 Introduction. For a study, see J. Michael Duvall, “The Curious Tale of The Scarlet Empire.” Utopian Studies 35.1 (2024): 83-102.