William Guest
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William Guest is the time-traveling narrator of William Morris’s utopian novel "News from Nowhere," through whose eyes readers explore a future socialist society.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ narrator ⓘ time traveler ⓘ |
| appearsIn | News from Nowhere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInForm | novel ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| associatedWithIdeology | socialism ⓘ |
| basedIn | Victorian England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeContext |
abolition of wage labor
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classless society ⓘ communal ownership ⓘ utopia ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Victorian capitalist society ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalOrigin | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | William Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| experiences | time travel ⓘ |
| explores | future socialist society ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkContext | utopian fiction ⓘ |
| hasFullName | William Guest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOn | industrial capitalism ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriodContext | late 19th century ⓘ |
| literaryRole | observer of social arrangements ⓘ |
| mediumOfAppearance | prose ⓘ |
| meets |
Dick Hammond
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ellen NERFINISHED ⓘ Hammond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrates | daily life in a socialist utopia ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | viewpoint character ⓘ |
| occupation | printer ⓘ |
| role | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| travelsTo |
future England
ⓘ
future London ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkFirstPublicationContext | 1890 ⓘ |
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