In the Second Year
Title | In the Second Year |
Year for Search | 1936 |
Authors | Jameson, [Margaret Ethel] Storm(1891-1986) |
Tertiary Authors | Jameson, Storm |
Date Published | 1936 |
Publisher | Cassell |
Place Published | London |
Keywords | English author, Female author |
Annotation | Authoritarian dystopia set after World War I. The inability of governments to deal with post-war economic problems combined with communist agitation leads to the rise of a strong man. Labour and Training Camps are established, the former for the unemployed, the latter to punish dissidents. The novel traces three months under the regime as seen by an outsider. |
Additional Publishers | Rpt. Ed. Stan Smith. Nottingham, Eng.: Trent Editions, 2004 with "Notes on the Text" (216-26). |
Holding Institutions | L, LLL |
Author Note | The female author's (1891-1986) name is sometimes given as Margaret Storm Jameson Chapman, also known as Mrs. Guy Chapman-Tuck |
Full Text | 1936 Jameson, [Margaret Ethel] Storm (1891-1986). In the Second Year. London: Cassell. Rpt. Ed. Stan Smith. Nottingham, Eng.: Trent Editions, 2004 with “Notes on the Text” (216-26). L, LLL Authoritarian dystopia set after World War I. The inability of governments to deal with post-war economic problems combined with communist agitation leads to the rise of a strong man. Labour and Training Camps are established, the former for the unemployed, the latter to punish dissidents. The novel traces three months under the regime as seen by an outsider. The female author’s name is sometimes given as Margaret Storm Jameson Chapman, also known as Mrs. Guy Chapman-Tuck. |