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Description for The Machine Stops
Paperback. Features two affecting short stories that combine the fantastical with the allegorical. This book includes "The Machine Stops" and "A Celestial Omnibus". Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FLC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 68.
'"You talk as if a god had made the Machine," cried the other. "I believe that you pray to it when you are unhappy. Men made it, do not forget that."'
E.M. Forster is best known for his exquisite novels, but these two affecting short stories brilliantly combine the fantastical with the allegorical. In 'The Machine Stops', humanity has isolated itself beneath the ground, enmeshed in automated comforts, and in 'The Celestial Omnibus' a young boy takes a trip his parents believe impossible.
This book contains The Machine Stops and A Celestial Omnibus.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141195988
SKU
9780141195988
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-3
About E M Forster
Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970) was educated at King's College, Cambridge, with whom he had a lifelong connection. He was elected to an Honorary Fellowship in 1946. He wrote six novels - Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), The Longest Journey (1907), A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910), A Passage to India (1924), which won both the Prix ... Read more
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