What Might Have Been; The Story of a Social War
Title | What Might Have Been; The Story of a Social War |
Year for Search | 1907 |
Authors | [Smith], [Ernest Bramah](1868-1942) |
Tertiary Authors | Bramah, Ernest [pseud.] |
Date Published | 1907 |
Publisher | John Murray |
Place Published | London |
Keywords | English author, Male author |
Annotation | Anti-socialist dystopia. Street names were changed to codes in the name of efficiency. The upper classes revolt, restore capitalism, and everybody is better off. |
Additional Publishers | Rpt. Reading, Eng.: Handheld Press, 2017, with an “Introduction. The History of a Novel” by Jeremy Hawhorn (vii-xxiii), “Notes” (330-32), and “Works by Ernest Brahman” (329-34). An abridged ed. entitled The Secret of the League; The Story of a Social War. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1909] omitted the “Preface” and Chapter III, rearranges the order of other chapters, and makes other internal changes. U.S. ed. of the abridged ed. Atlanta, GA: Specular Press, 1995 with an “Introduction” by Dennis Jencke (i-iv) and a “Glossary” [287-91). L, NLS |
Title Note | Abridged ed. as The Secret of the League; The Story of a Social War (1909) |
Pseudonym | Ernest Bramah [pseud.] |
Holding Institutions | L, NLS |
Author Note | (1868-1942) |
Full Text | 1907 [Smith, Ernest Bramah] (1868-1942). What Might Have Been; The Story of a Social War. By Ernest Bramah [pseud.]. London: John Murray. Rpt. Reading, Eng.: Handheld Press, 2017, with an “Introduction. The History of a Novel” by Jeremy Hawhorn (vii-xxiii), “Notes” (330-32), and “Works by Ernest Brahman” (329-34). An abridged ed. entitled The Secret of the League; The Story of a Social War. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1909] omitted the “Preface” and Chapter III, rearranges the order of other chapters, and makes other internal changes. U.S. ed. of the abridged ed. Atlanta, GA: Specular Press, 1995 with an “Introduction” by Dennis Jencke (i-iv) and a “Glossary” [287-91). L, NLS Anti-socialist dystopia. Street names were changed to codes in the name of efficiency. The upper classes revolt, restore capitalism, and everybody is better off. |