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Published in 1882, this extraordinary novel--an excercise in Swiftian irony combined with a love story in a furturistic setting--is entirely uncharacteristic of Trollope's usual drawing room conversations and hunting scenes. Set in the 1980s, The Fixed Period describes an imaginary,... Read Full Overview

Anthony Trollope's classic satirical novel.

Originally published in Blackwood's Magazine, 'The Fixed Period' is a satirical novel by Anthony Trollope. Set in the imagined South Pacific island of Britannula, the novel explores a society in which individuals are required to voluntarily end their lives at the age of 67... Read Full Overview

Originally published in Blackwood's Magazine, 'The Fixed Period' is a satirical novel by Anthony Trollope. Set in the imagined South Pacific island of Britannula, the novel explores a society in which individuals are required to voluntarily end their lives at the age of 67... Read Full Overview

Britannula, off the coast of New Zealand, is a thriving republic. Three decades ago the government of energetic young men decided that compulsory euthanasia after the age of 67 would spare unnecessary suffering and state expense. But now, in 1980, some of those once-young politicians... Read Full Overview

The Fixed Period is a satirical dystopian novel by Anthony Trollope published in 1882. Set in Britannula, an island of Australia. The president has decreed that all citizens reaching the age of sixty-seven are to enter a 'college.' There, they will be prepared for death at age... Read Full Overview

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Anthony Trollope's novel "The Fixed Period" was released in 1882. The drama, which takes place in the made-up island nation of Britannula in the South Pacific, centers on the contentious 'Fixed Period' practice. To make room for new generations and avoid overcrowding, people... Read Full Overview

At a time when concern over the ethics of euthanasia and the implications of a rapidly aging population are frequent topics of discussion, Trollope's only science fiction novel strikes a very modern chord. The Fixed Period , begun in 1880 when Trollope was 65, is set in the then... Read Full Overview