The Machine Stops (19th century classics illustrated edition)

By: Forster, E. M.

E. M. Forster (1879-1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and librettist. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society. Forster's humanistic impulse toward understanding and sympathy may be aptly summed up in the epigraph to his 1910 novel, Howards End: "Only connect..." His 1908 novel, "A Room with a View," is his most optimistic work, while "A Passage to India" (1924) brought him his greatest success. First published in 1909, Forster's short science fiction work, "The Machine Stops," posits a technology-dependent humanity now living underground, its every need serviced by machines. But what happens if--or when--the machines stop? "The Machine Stops" was named one of the greatest science fiction novellas published before 1965 by the Science Fiction Writers of America.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09TGPV98T
• ISBN13: 9798423912840
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"