The Iron Heel (Dover Books on Literature & Drama)
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (826 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486473651 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Avis Everhard, wife of a labor leader, narrates this gripping novel. Determined to crush the working class at any cost, the brutal dictatorship incites a paranoid atmosphere of witch-hunting hysteria, employing gangs of thugs to stifle free speech. In moving terms, she reveals the wretched poverty that props up aristocratic wealth and recounts the desperate struggles of revolutionaries against the insidious rise of the Iron Heel.George Orwell hailed this prescient tale as "a truer prophecy of the future than either Brave New World or The Shape of Things to Come." Written more than a century ago, Jack London's harrowing vision of class warfare and a totalitarian state anticipates the development of fascism, the spread of terrorism, and the oppressive forces of government surveillance and authority. A short novel with remarkable depth, it continues to resonate with modern readers as both a satire and a warning. . The Iron Heel treads upon the faces of the poor
They instigate a German attack on Hawaii on Dec. 4, 1912; as socialist revolutions topple capitalist governments around the world, the Iron Heel has 52 socialist members of the U.S. --The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature . Congress imprisoned for treason. Elements of London's vision of fascism, civil war, and governmental oppression proved to be prophetic in the first half of the 20th century. Novel by Jack London, published in 1908, describing the fall of the United States to the cruel fascist dictatorship of the Iron Heel, a group of monopoly capitalists. Fearing the popularity of socialism, the plutocrats of the Iron Heel conspire to e
The Iorn heel has become My left foot!!! rontez@lasal.net I read this book almost 50 years ago. I was so taken with it I made a secret pact with my self, when "when I get out of school, I'm going to become a revolutionary, or at the least a great union leader, I will bring the Iorn Heeled Devel's to thier knees"' Jack London's portrait of the workers vs capitalist was from his view at the turn of the century probably very accurate. The masses had to free the world, they had to r. Riveting dystopia from the master storyteller. Kendal B. Hunter This is an obscure work in London's corpus, but I'm not sure why. Probably due to his socialistic politcs. This book was doomed to die in the 1950's, but it has survived.This tale comes under "speculative fiction," to wit, Mr. London wiriting in 1910's specualtes about the rise of a Captialistic State and the ubermensch who deigns to overthrow it and establish a Communist Regime. CATCH: the story is told from the point of. Not happy with this The type is so tiny I actually cannot read the book. Not happy with this.