2894 (novel) explained

2894
Author:	Walter Browne
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Utopian fiction Speculative fiction
Publisher:	G. W. Dillingham
Pub Date:	1894
Media Type:	Print

2894, or The Fossil Man (A Midwinter Night's Dream) is an 1894 utopian novel written by Walter Browne published in New York by G. W. Dillingham. It is one entrant in the major wave of utopian and dystopian literature that characterized the final decades of the nineteenth century.^{[1] [2]}

The book deals with a reversal of the traditional gender roles, and describes a society of "dominant women and submissive men".^[3] It an early example of speculative fiction works that considered the topic of gender roles.^[4]

According to Lyman Tower Sargent, as of mid-1970s, 2894 was not available in any library; two copies were known to exist in private collections.^[5]

External links

• 2894 Full-Text online via St. Louis Mercantile Library

Notes and References

1. Book: Roemer, Kenneth M. . The Obsolete Necessity: America in Utopian Writings, 1888-1900 . 1976 . Kent State University Press . 978-0-87338-178-9 . 196 . en.
2. Allyn B. Forbes, "The Literary Quest for Utopia, 1880–1900," Social Forces, Vol. 6 No. 2 (December 1927), pp. 179-89.
3. Sargent. Lyman Tower. November 1976. Themes in Utopian Fiction in English Before Wells. Science Fiction Studies. 3. 3. 275–82; see p. 276. 1 January 2014.
4. Sargent, pp. 278-9.
5. Sargent, p. 281 n. 15.