Background
London’s 1908 work is an early dystopian novel shaped by socialist debate and fears about concentrated economic power. Its framing notes create distance between the narrator’s experience and the editor’s later perspective.
Reading notes
- Distinguish Avis’s account from the editor’s annotations.
- Notice how political change enters ordinary relationships.
- Track the novel’s use of historical hindsight and irony.
Version note
Prepared from the English text supplied in the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press bilingual anthology. The site owner confirmed publication permission for this source edition on 21 October 2026. Publisher and edition details remain recorded in the rights audit.