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Caesar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century is a dystopian and speculative novel by American writer Ignatius Donnelly, first published in 1890 under the pseudonym Edmund Boisgilbert, M.D. It is written as a series of letters from Gabriel Weltstein, a visitor to New York in the year 1988, who encounters a society divided between a wealthy oligarchy and an oppressed laboring population. The plot culminates in a violent uprising and the construction of the titular mass grave.
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How good is Caesar's Column?
Caesar's Column scores 6.18/10 (Fair) on Lunoo, making it rated in the Epistolary Novel category.
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