In the Fourth Year by H.G. Wells

The story takes place in a future where humanity has colonized other planets and formed the United Earth Government to maintain order. The protagonist, a young man from Mars, returns to his home planet after being educated on Earth. He becomes disillusioned with the Martian society's stagnation and decides to take action to reform it.

By H.G. Wells · First published 1920 · Genre: Political, Non-fiction, Essay · 11 chapters · 38,053 words

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More and more frequently does one hear this phrase, The League of Nations, used to express the outline idea of the new world that will come out of the war. There can be no doubt that the phrase has taken hold of the imaginations of great multitudes of people: it is one of those creative phrases that may alter the whole destiny of mankind. But as yet it is still a very vague phrase, a cloudy promise of peace. I make no apology therefore, for casting my discussion of it in the most general terms. The idea is the idea of united human effort to put an end to wars; the first practical question, that must precede all others, is how far can we hope to get to a concrete realization of that?

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• Work type: Novel
• Author: H.G. Wells
• Date: 1920 CE
• Language: English
• Genres: Political, Non-fiction, Essay, Utopian
• Length: 38,053 words
• Structure: 11 chapters, 314 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Difficult (College Level)

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Genres

• Political — The book discusses political ideas and proposals for a new world order post-World War I.
• Non-fiction — It presents factual and analytical content rather than a fictional narrative.
• Essay — The work is structured as a series of essays exploring various political and social themes.
• Utopian — It envisions an ideal society and governance system, characteristic of utopian literature.

Tags

Non-Fiction · Memoir · Autobiography · World War I · History · Politics · Social Commentary · Sociology · War Literature · British History · 20th Century · Historical Nonfiction

Contents

• The Way to Concrete Realization
• The League Must be Representative
• The Necessary Powers of the League
• The Labour View of Middle Africa
• Getting the League Idea Clear in Relation to Imperialism
• The War Aims of the Western Allies
• The Future of Monarchy
• The Plain Necessity for a League
• Democracy
• The Recent Struggle for Proportional Representation in Great Britain
• The Study and Propaganda of Democracy

More by H.G. Wells

• The Time Machine (1895)
• A Short History of the World (1922)
• The Invisible Man, A Grotesque Romance (1897)
• The War of the Worlds (1897)
• The Adventures of Tommy (1946)
• The Pearl of Love (1946)
• The Reign of Uya the Lion (1946)
• The Fight in the Lion's Thicket (1946)
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