The "Continuum Contemporaries" series provides informative and accessible introductions to some of the most important and influential novels of recent years. Each volume contains a biography of the novelist in question, a detailed summary of plot, characters and context, and details of film and television adaptions.

John Stuart Mill is best known for his moral and political writings, and is a central figure in political philosophy. This book offers an account of Mill's thought, his major works, and the common ideas that permeate them. It introduces the key concepts and themes in Mill's social, political and moral thought.