THE FIXED PERIOD stands unique in Trollope's oeuvre in many ways. It's one of the few, perhaps only of his novels told in a strictly first person view - it's set years in the future, so it could marginally be considered sci-fi - and it uses satire and dark irony as it's impetus for communicating its point/5(44). 13 rows · · Trollope, Anthony, Title: The Fixed Period Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Author: Trollope, Anthony, Already unhappy with the Fixed Period law, the citizens happily accede to the wishes of the British, and welcome their new Governor; the Fixed Period law is abolished, whilst Neverbend is taken to England from where he is free to write these, his memoirs. The Fixed Period is one of the curiosities of Trollope’s oeuvre. It is his only futuristic novel; it is the only one to be written in the first person; it is .
[Victorian Web Home — Authors — Anthony Trollope — Works — Literary Relations — Theme and Subject] he Fixed Period is narrated in the first person by John Neverbend, and purports to be the memoirs of his time as the first President of Britannula, a fictional island near New Zealand. The story is set in the future, in The Fixed Period () is a satirical dystopian novel by Anthony www.doorway.rul Crasweller, a successful merchant-farmer and landowner, is Britannula's oldest citizen. Born in , he emigrated from New Zealand when he was a young man and was instrumental in building the new republic as one. The Fixed Period is Trollope's only piece of dystopian writing. Trollope was influenced in writing the book by The Old Law, a 17th-century tragicomedy written by Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, and Philip Massinger which he had read, and commented upon, in The Fixed Period is set in the year in the Republic of Britannula, a.
Settled by a group of young men some 30 years before the action of this novel, Britannula has developed into a prosperous land governed by a President and a single-house legislative body, the Assembly. They have adopted a great social experiment called the "Fixed Period," by which the society and its citizens will avoid the suffering, decrepitude, and expense of old age. by Anthony Trollope. The Fixed Period () is Trollope's satirical Dystopian novel dealing with euthanasia to solve the problem of the aged. Set in the Republic of Britannula, a fictional island near New Zealand in the year , it's narrated by the country's president, Neverbend, who as his name implies, sticks to enforcing "The Law" even as aging citizens begin to resist it. The Fixed Period is Trollope's only piece of dystopian writing. Trollope was influenced in writing the book by The Old Law, a 17th-century tragicomedy written by Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, and Philip Massinger which he had read, and commented upon, in
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