A Modern Utopia
Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | H. G. Wells |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Chapman and Hall |
Publication date | April 1905 (serialized in the Fortnightly Review, October 1904-April 1905) |
| Publication place | England |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 393 |
A Modern Utopia is a 1905 novel by H. G. Wells.
Because of the complexity and sophistication of its narrative structure, A Modern Utopia has been called "not so much a modern as a postmodern utopia." The novel is best known for its notion that a voluntary order of nobility known as the Samurai could effectively rule a "kinetic and not static" world state so as to solve "the problem of combining progress with political stability".