The Inner House

The dystopian novel, “The Inner House” is an allegory in which it is shown that everything worth having in life depends upon death, the appointed end. Professor Schwarzbaum, a famous German scientist has discovered the power of prolonging vital energy for centuries. Shortly afterwards, Socialism triumphs, and the age of perfect equality begins. Dr. Grout, one of the directors of the socialist community, tells its story, relating how love for parents and children has vanished, and religion has lost its influence with the disappearance of the fear of death, how the interest of men in science and art has ceased to exist in the bosom of the people, and how human nature, at last, rebels.