Utopia Thomas More Summary

Complete summary of thomas more s utopia.

Utopia thomas more summary. Utopia was not always an island hythloday says nor was it always called utopia. He writes a letter to a friend in antwerp belgium named peter giles giles is a printer and editor as well as a clerk for the city. Its first name was abraxa perhaps meaning holy name without breeches or waterless utopus the conqueror of the place and the founder of utopia itself civilized the natives of abraxa and had them along with his own soldiers cut up and dig away the fifteen miles of ground that connected. Utopia libellus vere aureus nec minus salutaris quam festivus de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula utopia a little true book not less beneficial than enjoyable about how things should be in the new island utopia is a work of fiction and socio political satire by thomas more 1478 1535 written in latin and published in 1516.

The characters of more giles and morton all correspond in biographical background to actual historical people sir thomas more author of utopia the humanist thinker peter giles and former chancellor of england cardinal john morton the fictional characters of the book however should not be considered to be direct translations of these historic personalities to the page. In book 1 thomas more not only the author but also a main character arrives in antwerp on a business trip where he runs into an old friend peter giles and meets a new friend raphael hythloday. The book is a frame narrative primarily. Enotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of utopia.

Hythloday is a great traveler and has all sorts of controversial opinions so the. Giles introduces more to raphael hythloday an explorer who has seen much of the world. Thomas more is a public servant living in london with his family. The narrator thomas more arrives in bruges in present day belgium and meets his friend peter giles.

Concerning the best state of a commonwealth and the new island of utopia more meets hythloday. In more s letter we read that more is sending utopia to giles for editing and publication.