The Island of Utopia, 1516. Woodcut from the 1st edition of "Utopia", 1516. Utopia (Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia or 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).

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