Project Gutenberg 2012-06-03 Public domain in the USA. 40 Marshall, Archibald 1866 1934 Marshall, Arthur Hammond Upsidonia Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Annie R. McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Internet Archive. "Upsidonia" by Archibald Marshall is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows the misadventures of a young man named John Howard, who finds himself wrongfully arrested after attempting to show kindness to a seemingly destitute man, only to discover that he is actually Lord Potter. Set in a whimsical, satirical world, the book explores themes of class, wealth, and social dynamics in an unusual society where the norms surrounding poverty and wealth are inverted. The opening of "Upsidonia" introduces Howard on a walking tour through a remote countryside. After a long journey, he encounters peculiar characters and circumstances that lead to his arrest—and ultimately, a deeper investigation into the peculiarities of Upsidonia's societal structure. After being apprehended, he grapples with the bizarre situation, where wealth is a burden and poverty is viewed with a sense of disdain that is unfamiliar to him. As he is introduced to the inhabitants of Upsidonia, he unravels the unique challenges and beliefs of its people, which challenge his preconceptions of social class and morality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Satire PR Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 389956 389957 2024-10-16T17:49:25.458379 2023-09-17T11:12:18.189567 text/html text/html 393867 2012-06-03T15:31:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 145561 2012-06-03T15:31:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 232384 2024-10-16T17:49:34.676289 application/epub+zip 234477 2024-10-16T17:49:28.821288 application/epub+zip 212965 2024-10-16T17:49:27.408293 application/epub+zip 425219 2024-10-16T17:49:39.107297 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 382927 2024-10-16T17:49:33.692250 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343609 2022-09-18T09:27:05.106791 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 347026 346900 2024-10-16T17:49:24.468429 2023-09-17T11:12:17.223556 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 346947 2012-06-03T15:31:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 130347 2012-06-03T15:31:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 346940 2012-06-03T15:31:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 130304 2012-06-03T15:31:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21597 2024-10-16T17:49:39.248216 application/rdf+xml 13269 2024-10-16T17:49:27.985295 image/jpeg 3374 2024-10-16T17:49:27.689284 image/jpeg 216320 2024-10-16T17:49:25.494304 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia