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Key facts
- Author
- Thomas More
- Original title
- Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia
- Translators
- Ralph Robinson , Gilbert Burnet
- Illustrator
- Ambrosius Holbein
- Language
- Latin
- Genre
- Political philosophy , satire
- Publisher
- More
- Publication place
- Habsburg Netherlands
- Media type
- Library of congress classification span
- HX810.5 .E54
- Preceded by
- A Merry Jest
- Followed by
- Latin Poems
- Original text
- Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia at Latin Wikisource
- Translation
- Utopia at Wikisource
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Read free · Project Gutenberg
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- Author
- Thomas More
- Genre
- literature
- Country of origin
- Habsburg Netherlands
- Main subject
- utopia
- Narrative location
- Great Britain
- Image
- Utopia.jpg
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- inception
- 1516-00-00
- short name
- Utopia
- copyright status
- public domain
- Commons category
- Utopia (book)
- characters
- Thomas More
- illustrator
- Ambrosius Holbein
- language of work or name
- Latin
- title
- Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia
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Encyclopedic overview
Utopia (Latin: Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia, "A truly golden little book, not less beneficial than enjoyable, about how things should be in a state and about the new island Utopia") is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478–1535), written in Latin and published in 1516 and, revised, in 1518. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries.
Title
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Utopia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.