 The Way of All Flesh
by Samuel Butler
Hailed by George Bernard Shaw as "one of the summits of human achievement," this 1903 novel satirizes the hypocrisy underlying Victorian England's major institutions — family, church, and class structure.
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| |  Herland
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Delightfully humorous account of a feminist utopia in which 3 male explorers stumble upon an all-female society. An early-20th-century writer's once-unconventional views on male-female behavior, motherhood, individuality, other topics.
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 Utopia
by Sir Thomas More
16th-century classic by English ecclesiastic and scholar envisioned a tolerant, patriarchal island kingdom free of private property, violence, bloodshed and vice. Forerunner of many later attempts.
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| |  Looking Backward
by Edward Bellamy
Stimulating, thought-provoking utopian fantasy about a young man who's put into a hypnotic trance in the late 19th century and awakens in the year 2000 to find crime, war, and want nonexistent.
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 The New Atlantis and The City of the Sun: Two Classic Utopias
by Francis Bacon, Tomasso Campanella
Campanella was a student of logic and physics; Bacon focused on politics and philosophy — but despite their authors' differences, each of these meditations on the ideal society reflects the spirit and substance of 17th-century philosophy.
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| |  The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories
by Oscar Wilde
Four of the English writer's finest works, among them "The Sphinx Without a Secret," "The Model Millionaire," "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime," and the title story, plus 6 "Poems in Prose."
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 The Warden
by Anthony Trollope
When an honest clergyman finds himself charged with financial impropriety by a Fleet Street tabloid, scandal, pathos, and humor result. Features an amusing narrative and cast, realistic dialogue, and a lively plot.
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| |  The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde
by Oscar Wilde
Complete texts of "The Happy Prince and Other Tales," "A House of Pomegranates," "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories," "Poems in Prose," and "The Portrait of Mr. W. H."
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 The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
Celebrated novel involves a handsome young Londoner who sinks into a life of depravity. His body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recent portrait reflects the ravages of his crime and sensuality.
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