Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century by Ignatius Donnelly

"Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century" by Ignatius Donnelly is a novel published in 1890. Set in 1988 New York, it follows a wool merchant from Uganda who encounters a brutal capitalist oligarchy where technological marvels mask extreme oppression. When he witnesses a confrontation between rich and poor, he's drawn into an underground resistance movement. The story blends dystopian speculation with political commentary and romance, building toward a violent rebellion that threatens to consume the entire city in flames. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Donnelly, Ignatius, 1831-1901
Title Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
Alternate Title Caesar's Column: A Story of the 20th Century
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar%27s_Column
Credits Produced by Norm Wolcott
Reading Level Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Subject Social problems -- Fiction
Subject Dystopias -- Fiction
Subject Twentieth century -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 5155
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Sep 10, 2012
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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