A Howells, William Dean 1837-1920 creator text utu 2005 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "A Traveler from Altruria: Romance" by William Dean Howells is a utopian novel published in 1894. When a mysterious visitor from the island nation of Altruria arrives at a fashionable American resort, he challenges everything the privileged guests believe about democracy and equality. Through his innocent questions and unsettling behavior—helping servants, performing manual labor—Mr. Homos gradually reveals that his homeland far surpasses America in justice and morality. This pointed critique exposes the greed and social divisions of Gilded Age capitalism. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Traveler_from_Altruria Release date is 2005-07-01 Produced by Suzanne Shell, Charles Bidwell, David Widger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified Utopian fiction United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918 -- Fiction PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8449 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8449 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133222.0 8449