The Machine Stops (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

Forster, E M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141195983 ISBN 13: 9780141195988

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2011

Synopsis

'"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.

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About the Author

Edward Morgan Forster, OM (January 1, 1879 – June 7, 1970), was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. 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." Forster was gay, but this fact was not made public during his lifetime. His posthumously released novel Maurice tells of the coming of age of an explicitly gay male character.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0141195983
• ISBN 13: 9780141195988
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96