# W. H. Hudson — The Story of Utopias character guide

> W. H. Hudson in The Story of Utopias by Lewis Mumford.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. W. H. Hudson, Mr. Hudson

**First appearance:** 0003-the-story-of-utopias

## Who they are

Naturalist and author of A Crystal Age, a utopian novel mentioned here.

## In the story

### [The Two Utopias: Escape and Reconstruction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/iv)

Mentioned as 'Hermann Melville' describing the Marquesas savages who had no need for utopia due to their complete adjustment to their environment.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/i)

His work 'A Traveller in Little Things' is referenced as conveying the savor of pre-industrial village life.

### [How William Morris and W. H. Hudson renew the classic tradition of utopias; and how, finally, Mr. H. G. Wells sums up and clarifies the utopias of the past, and brings them into contact with the world of the present.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/ix)

Renewed the classic tradition of utopias alongside Morris.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/i)

Noted for returning to More's model in A Crystal Age, with the farmstead and family as the social unit.

### [The Crystal Age: A Beehive Utopia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/ii)

Author of the Crystal Age utopia being described.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/iii)

Author of 'A Crystal Age' and 'Green Mansions', whose work is referenced as a romance with passages rivaling his own.

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