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A Dream of John Ball, a romantic fantasy in prose by William Morris, published in serial form in The Commonweal in 1886–87 and in book form in 1888. The historical figure referred to in the title was a 14th-century English priest who preached inflammatory sermons advocating a classless society; in 1381 he was hanged for being a leader of the Peasants’ Revolt. In A Dream of John Ball a 19th-century man dreams that he is a scholar in Kent, England, during the revolt. He sees Ball inspire a crowd of peasants to defeat the sheriff’s men in battle and later ...(100 of 160 words)

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