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by Sir Thomas More

Utopia study guide contains a biography of Sir Thomas More, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Thomas More is a public servant living in London with his family. He writes a letter to a friend in Antwerp (Belgium) named Peter Giles. Giles is a printer and editor, as well as a clerk for the city. In More's letter, we read that More is sending Utopia to Giles for editing and publication. Utopia chronicles a conversation that More and Giles enjoyed with a man named Raphael Hythloday.

Thomas More and Peter Giles are real persons. In Utopia, they are fictionalized. Their mutual acquaintance, Raphael Hythloday, is entirely invented and fictional. In Book One, Utopia recounts the initial meeting of Hythloday, More and Giles. Book One introduces Hythloday and vaguely mentions the New World island of Utopia. More visits Giles in Antwerp, and…

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• Utopia Summary
• About Utopia
• Character List
• Major Themes
• Summary and Analysis of Introduction
• Summary and Analysis of Book One
• Summary and Analysis of Book Two (first half)
• Summary and Analysis of Book Two (second half)
• Summary and Analysis of Conclusion
• Related Links on Utopia
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 1
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 2
• Author of ClassicNote and Sources

• Utopia: Major Themes
• Utopia: Essays
• Utopia: E-Text
• Utopia: Questions
• Utopia: Purchase the Novel and Related Material
• Sir Thomas More: Biography