Sir Thomas More, Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society

Download or read book Sir Thomas More, Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society written by Robert Southey and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...[A] calm exposition of [Southey's] mature social and political convictions: rejection of the Catholic claims and of constitutional reform, support for high taxation to redistribute wealth, and so on. The conversations are conducted with the ghost of Sir Thomas More, whose Utopia was a remote ancestor of pantisocracy. They are set in the neighbourhood of Keswick, and the beauty of the countryside tempers the generally gloomy tone of the conversation, as does the quiet of his splendid library." -- DNB.