R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)

R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)

R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)

R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)

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Overview

A visionary work of science fiction that introduced the word "robot"

Written in 1920, premiered in Prague in 1921, and first performed in New York in 1922—garnered worldwide acclaim for its author and popularized the word robot. Mass-produced as efficient laborers to serve man, Capek’s Robots are an android product—they remember everything but think of nothing new. But the Utopian life they provide ultimately lacks meaning, and the humans they serve stop reproducing. When the Robots revolt, killing all but one of their masters, they must strain to learn the secret of self-duplication. It is not until two Robots fall in love and are christened “Adam” and “Eve” by the last surviving human that Nature emerges triumphant.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781440650383
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 03/30/2004
Series: Penguin Classics Series
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 112
File size: 127 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Karel Capek (1890–1938) was the leading Czech playwright, novelist, and columnist between the wars. He is best known for R. U. R. and his novel, War with the Newts.

Ivan Klíma is an award-winning novelist, playwright, and essayist whose work was long suppressed under Communism.

Table of Contents

R.U.R.Introduction by Ivan Klima
R.U.R.
Cast
Prologue
Act One
Act Two
Act Three
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