- This
- novel
- from
- popular
- nineteenth-century
- American
- author
- William
- Dean
- Howells
- features
- a
- visitor
- from
- a
- mysterious
- distant
- island
- known
- as
- Altruria.
- The
- contrast
- between
- the
- utopian
- island
- community
- and
- conditions
- in
- 1890s
- America
- provides
- remarkable
- insight
- into
- the
- social
- and
- cultural
- issues
- facing
- the
- country
- then
- --
- and
- now.
- A
- must-read
- for
- fans
- of
- utopian
- fantasy
- and
- science fiction.
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