L'Ève future by comte de Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
"L'Ève future" by comte de Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam is a symbolist science fiction novel published in 1880. When Lord Ewald confides to his friend Thomas Edison that he's contemplating suicide over his beautiful but empty-souled fiancée, Edison proposes an extraordinary solution: he will construct a perfect android replica named Hadaly. As Edison reveals the mechanical details of his creation and duplicates Alicia's physical form, questions emerge about artifice, perfection, and what
makes a woman truly alive—leading to an unexpected supernatural twist. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Auguste, comte de, 1838-1889 |
|---|---|
| Title | L'Ève future |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Future_Eve Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%88ve_future |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 70.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Inventors -- Fiction |
| Subject | Androids -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 26681 |
| Release Date | Sep 21, 2008 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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