![]() ![]() It is sometimes deemed one of the first modern dystopias. The plot follows the tale of a priest, Percy Franklin, who becomes Pope Silvester III, and a mysterious man named Julian Felsenburgh, who is identical in looks to the priest and who becomes "Lord of the World". Lord of the World is a 1907 apocalyptic novel by Robert Hugh Benson. There is a 'one world' government, and euthanasia is widely available. The Catholic Church has retreated to Italy and Ireland, while the majority of the rest of the world is either Humanistic or Pantheistic. Lord of the World (1907) by Robert Hugh Benson Copyright, 1907 By Dodd, Mead & Company Published March, 1908 Dedication CLAVI DOMUS DAVID PREFACE I am perfectly aware that this is a terribly sensational book, and open to innumerable criticisms on that account, as well as on many others. "Lord of the World" is a dystopic vision of a near future world in which religion has, by and large, been rejected or simply fallen by the wayside. Lees Lord of the World door Robert Hugh Benson verkrijgbaar bij Rakuten Kobo. First published in 1907, Robert Hugh Benson’s "Lord of the World" is an early Dystopian novel about the reign of the Anti-Christ and end of the World.Īfter its publication, Priest Benson received hate mail and traitorous accusations by his former Anglican colleagues (he left the Church of England and converted to the Roman Catholic Church a decade earlier.) This religious controversy heightened interest in the novel and speculation about the future of spiritual doctrine. ![]()
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