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The millennium

Pages
252
Published
1924
Language
English

Synopsis

In 1907, Upton Sinclair envisioned the year 2000, where New York City's Central Park would house the magnificent Pleasure Palace. During its grand opening, a scientific experiment goes awry, wiping out humanity except for eleven survivors within the Palace. These individuals must then attempt to forge a new society, experimenting with capitalism and other systems before striving for a utopian ideal.

About the author

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Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair, Jr., was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the 20th century, acquiring particular fame for his 1906 muckraking novel The Jungle. It exposed conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry, causing a public uproar that contributed in part to the passage a few months later of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. --Wikipedia