That of another country are held as slaves. Utopia is a society presented as happy and safe, yet there is a degree of gender inequality, and certain individuals who have transgressed against Utopian society or The society described is one in which all property is held in common, and all goods and services are freely given or exchanged rather than bought or sold.
Rather, the text is often viewed as an open-ended dialogue that invites the reader to interact with More and with Raphael Hythloday, the philosopher and traveler who has spent a considerable amount of time with the Utopians and who offers his glowing report to More about the society, its people, its customs, and its structure. One of the reasons why the text continues to fascinate scholars and the general reader is that it never resolves its own stance on what may be perceived as "good" about Utopian society and worthy of emulation, and what is despicable about the country and its customs. Despite the fictive nature of the work, it insists, through these letters, on its own factuality. The narrative is framed by the correspondence between the character of Peter Giles and a fictionalized version of More. The work, sometimes taken as a straightforward, if radical, guide to creating an ideal society, questions the values of the imaginary land of Utopia at the same time that it apparently presents the country as a model of a good, just, and happy society. Sir Thomas More's highly influential Utopia was originally published in Latin in 1516.
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