The Iron Heel

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novel

The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by Jack London that portrays a future totalitarian oligarchy crushing a socialist movement in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Jack London NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains footnotes by future historian ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts future totalitarian oligarchy ⓘ
suppression of socialist movement ⓘ
describes Oligarchy called the Iron Heel ⓘ
explores corporate power ⓘ
labor movement ⓘ
revolutionary organization ⓘ
state repression ⓘ
firstPublicationFormat serial ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Appeal to Reason NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre dystopian fiction ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
socialist literature ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ
hasForm serialized novel ⓘ
hasImaginedFuturePeriod 27th century historian perspective ⓘ
hasPageCount about 400 ⓘ
hasSettingPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
hasTitle The Iron Heel NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced dystopian literature ⓘ
isFollowedBy Martin Eden NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryMovement socialist realism precursor ⓘ
literarySignificance early example of modern dystopia ⓘ
mainCharacter Avis Everhard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ernest Everhard NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeForm framed manuscript ⓘ
narrator Avis Everhard NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposes capitalist oligarchy ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
politicalTheme class struggle ⓘ
fascism precursor ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
rise of oligarchy ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
publicationDate 1908 ⓘ
publisher Macmillan NERFINISHED ⓘ
setIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
structure fictional historical commentary ⓘ
supports socialist revolution ⓘ
timeOfNarrative early 20th century future ⓘ

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John → notableWork → The Iron Heel ⓘ
subject surface form: John Griffith Chaney