The Iron Heel
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (515 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1619492288 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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william mathews said A classic of socialist literature. The Iron Heel is a fictional history, a document of the future about the American socialist revolution against the Oligarchy and its counter-revolutionary forces, the Iron Heel. It seems to have been inspired by H.G. Wells and pieced together with American socialism . Jack London predicts the future Jack London's 1908 The Iron Heel tells the captivating and terrifying tale of the Socialist revolution against the Oligarchy. Uncomfortably apt for today's American political climate, The Iron Heel warns us of the bloodshed and terror that reigns as revolutionaries t. AvisE said Frighteningly Prescient. "I was beginning to see through the appearances of the society in which I had always lived, and to find the frightful realities that were beneath." Avis EverhardThis book, considered to be one of the first modern dystopian novels, isn't one to read for its literary m
Set in the future, “The Iron Heel” describes a world in which the division between the classes has deepened, creating a powerful Oligarchy that retains control through terror. A manuscript by rebel Avis Everhard is recovered in an even more distant future, and analyzed by scholar Anthony Meredith. Published in 1908, Jack London’s multi-layered narrative is an early example of the dystopian novel, and its vision of the future proved to be eerily prescient of the violence and fascism that marked the initial half of the 20th century.
Jack London (1876 1916) published an enormous number of stories and novels, including The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Martin Eden.Jonathan Auerbach is a professor of English at the University of Maryland at College Park.