{"title":"Villiers de L'Isle-Adam","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-futures-eve-paperback","title":"The Future's Eve - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVilliers de L'Isle-Adam's The Future's Eve (L'?ve Future, 1886) is a visionary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003einterrogation of technology, humanity, and ideal love. When Lord Ewald asks his\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003efriend (a fictionized Thomas Edison) to replace Alicia, his flawed lover, Edison births\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHadaly, a lifelike android.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlending science fiction, Gothic romance and Symbolist philosophy, The Future's\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEve attacks the pursuit of perfection and is considered to be the first popular\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003edepiction of artificial life. It is celebrated for its prescient themes, poetic language, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eand its profound commentary on the meeting of human longing and technological\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003einnovation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy reimagining the text in twenty-first century English, R J Dent carefully preserves\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe novel's essence while addressing the linguistic complexities and challenges of the\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eoriginal novel. This new translation of The Future's Eve revitalises L'Isle-Adam's\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e1886 text and provides readers with a fresh, accessible, modern English version of\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethis groundbreaking work which reflects the author's satirical take on science.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103718936799,"sku":"9798230630586","price":24.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/upxrUknjxP9798230630586.webp?v=1781097499"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/villiers-de-lisle-adam.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}