The Workingman's Paradise: An Australian Labour Novel
Title | The Workingman's Paradise: An Australian Labour Novel |
Year for Search | 1892 |
Authors | [Lane], [William](1861-1917) |
Tertiary Authors | Miller, John [pseud.] |
Date Published | 1892 |
Publisher | Edwards, Dunlop & Co |
Place Published | Sydney, NSW, Australia |
Keywords | Australian author, Canadian author, Male author, UK author |
Annotation | Consistently treated as an early Australian utopia, probably because of its title, which is clearly ironic, but the novel does not fit any definition of utopia. Could be seen as describing Australia as a dystopia. The last page of the text (reproduced in the 1980 ed. on [78]) has an ad for a sequel that was never published, In New Australia: Being Nellie Lawton's Diary of a Happier Life. By John Miller [pseud.] which will present the eutopia to be found in the New Australia Co-operative Settlement Association. See 1888 Lane. |
Additional Publishers | Rpt. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Sydney University Press, 1980, with an "Introduction" by Michael Wilding ([9]-[79]). Another edition with title on the cover as The Workingman's Paradise: An Historical Novel. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Cosme Publicity Co., 1948. |
Pseudonym | By John Miller [pseud.] |
Holding Institutions | A, M, PSt |
Author Note | The author (1861-1917) was born in England, moved to Canada age sixteen, returned to England briefly in 1885, and moved to Australia the same year, where he became a labour activist and editor of The Boomerang and then The Worker. He led the New Australia expedition to |
Full Text | 1892 [Lane, William] (1861-1917). The Workingman’s Paradise: An Australian Labour Novel. By John Miller [pseud.]. Sydney, NSW: Edwards, Dunlop & Co. Rpt. Sydney, NSW: Sydney University Press, 1980, with an “Introduction” by Michael Wilding ([9]-[79]). Another edition with title on the cover as The Workingman’s Paradise: An Historical Novel. Sydney, NSW: Cosme Publicity Co., 1948. A, M, PSt Consistently treated as an early Australian utopia, probably because of its title which is clearly ironic, but the novel does not fit any definition of utopia. Could be seen as describing
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