Download or read book A Dream of John Ball Annotated written by William Morris and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-25 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dream of John Ball (1888) is a novel by English author William Morris about the Great Revolt of 1381, conventionally, but incorrectly, called "the Peasants' Revolt", since few of the participants were actual peasants. It features the rebel priest John Ball, who was accused of being a Lollard. He is famed for his question "When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?"