The Fixed Period

Name: The Fixed Period
Author: Anthony Trollope
ISBN: 9781787247529

Author: Anthony Trollope
Series: Timeless Classic
Language: English
Length: 156 pages
ISBN: 9781787247529
Published: 7 August 2018
Imprint: Sovereign

dystopia
euthanasia
ethics
political satire
science fiction
government control
aging
societal efficiency
moral dilemma
futuristic society

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Description

"The Fixed Period" by Anthony Trollope presents a provocative dystopian vision set in the fictional republic of Britannula. This novel explores the mandatory euthanasia of all citizens at the age of 67, a law devised to maintain societal efficiency. The narrative follows the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by the president of Britannula as he grapples with enforcing this controversial "Fixed Period." Trollope's work uniquely combines elements of science fiction with political satire, questioning the limits of government control and the value of human life.

Author

Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) spent his days as a Post Office surveyor and his early hours at the novel — a clerk's discipline that produced an English county of clergy and a later London of money. Barchester Towers is the church as weather: preferment, gossip, a bishop's wife. The Way We Live Now is the same eye on speculation and the social lie. He wrote without apology for the method. Church, vote, and marriage sit in the same air.

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