Utopia (book)

Utopia
	Illustration for the 1516 first edition of Utopia
Author	Thomas More
Original title	Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia
Translators	Ralph Robinson ; Gilbert Burnet
Illustrator	Ambrosius Holbein
Country	Habsburg Netherlands
Language	Latin
Genre	Political philosophy, satire
Publisher	More
Publication date	1516
Published in English	1551
Media type	Print
Pages	359
OCLC	863744174
Dewey Decimal	335.02
LC Class	HX810.5 .E54
Preceded by	A Merry Jest
Followed by	Latin Poems
Original text	Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia at Latin Wikisource
Translation	Utopia at Wikisource

Utopia (Latin: Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia,^[1] "A truly golden little book, not less beneficial than enjoyable, about how things should be in a state and about the new island Utopia") is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478–1535), written in Latin and published in 1516. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries.^[2]

^ BAKER-SMITH, DOMINIC (2000). More's Utopia. University of Toronto Press. doi:10.3138/9781442677395. ISBN 9781442677395. JSTOR 10.3138/9781442677395.
^ J. C. Davis (28 July 1983). Utopia and the Ideal Society: A Study of English Utopian Writing 1516–1700. Cambridge University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-521-27551-4.

[1] BAKER-SMITH, DOMINIC (2000). More's Utopia. University of Toronto Press. doi:10.3138/9781442677395. ISBN 9781442677395. JSTOR 10.3138/9781442677395.

[Davis1983-2] J. C. Davis (28 July 1983). Utopia and the Ideal Society: A Study of English Utopian Writing 1516–1700. Cambridge University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-521-27551-4.

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