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A Crystal Age: Utopian/Dystopian Classic!
A Crystal Age Utopian/Dystopian Classic Author:William Henry Hudson Utopian/Dystopian Classic! Some argue that this 1916 novel is a utopian view of the future; others state as strongly that it is dystopian. A young man is transported into the future, to a changed earth where men live in peace and in harmony with the planet. As he struggles to come to grips with the contrast with his old life, he falls in love w... more »ith a girl from the family which has 'adopted' him. We learn what happened to 'our world' and what led to this new society. Still, it's the ending that is equally as powerful as is the view of the future: From JB Priestley: 'A Crystal Age' is a surprising first-person utopian novel in which Hudson's love of nature does not render him oblivious to the fact that there are downsides in all worlds - all imaginable worlds. The end of 'A Crystal Age' is so surprising - I believe very few readers would see what is coming - I certainly didn't as I rushed on towards it. [but it is]...something that haunts me continuously.« less