The Coast Of Utopia
by Tom Stoppard

Name: The Coast Of Utopia
Brand: Tom Stoppard
SKU: 9780571216611
Rating: 3.9 (336 reviews)

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Highlights

British

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about the first part of Tom Stoppard's trilogy, with many praising its depth and intellectual richness, while others find it overly academic and challenging to engage with. Some appreciate the character development and historical context, while a significant number express disappointment with the pacing and accessibility of the play. Overall, it garners respect for its writing and ambition but divides opinions on its execution.

Depth of writing Intricate character development Engaging historical context Overly academic for some Pacing can be slow Not emotionally satisfying

Synopsis

This play is one of three sequential, self-contained plays which tell the story of some of the main actors in the drama of Russian radical opposition in the years pivoted on the European revolutions of 1848.

The trilogy spans the early 1830s and the late 1860s, the period of activity of Alexander Herzen, the founder of Russian populism.

Herzen's career intersected several others of equal interest, including those of Michael Bakunin, the progenitor of anarchism who challenged Marx for the political souls of the masses; of the writer Ivan Turgenev; and of Vissarion Belinsky, the brilliant, erratic young critic whose name continued to reverberate through the Bolshevik ascendancy 70 years after his early death.

Themes Anarchists Drama Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author) History Revolutionaries Radicalism Russians Yoga