![]() ![]() ![]() Other Information: Illustrations, black and whiteÄimensions: 22.8 x 16.2 x 1.4 centimeters (0. The Fixed Period by Anthony Trollope Previous Chapter Next Chapter Chapter III - The First Break-Down It was now mid-winter, and it wanted just twelve months to that 30th of June on which, in accordance with all our plans, Crasweller was to be deposited. Published: United States, 16 December 2012 What happens when the first and oldest man reaches the end of his "Fixed Period" and must prepare for his "humane" death is a fascinating study of moral and social impossibility. In Britannula, a law has been passed decreeing that all citizens who have reached the age of 67 must be removed to "The College" to undergo euthanasia, for the good of society. Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Volume 62, Number 2. ![]() In this amazing visionary work by the British Victorian master of social mores and relationships, Britannula is an imaginary "futuristic" island country and a one-time British colony near New Zealand, and the story is narrated by the President. The Ecologies of Choice in Trollopes The Fixed Period. It is part utopia, part dystopia, part dark satire, with overtones of modern "steampunk" and quaint technological devices. THE FIXED PERIOD (1882) by Anthony Trollope is an unusual early science fiction novel, originally published anonymously. ![]()
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