Metropolis

by Thea Von Harbou Narrated by Rupert Degas

Overview

This book is not of today or of the future. It tells of no place. It serves no cause, party or class. It has a moral which grows on the pillar of understanding: The mediator between brain and muscle must be the Heart. - Thea von Harbou, in the novel's original epigraph Originally published in German in 1925, this expressionist epic tells a story about class difference and love in a city that boasts technological growth at the expense of exploited laborers, contending with the relationship between advances in technology and social progress. Written in tandem with the 1927 science-fiction film of the same name, which was directed by Thea von Harbou's husband Fritz Lang, the story, through both the novel and the film, has inspired and influenced countless works of art, creating a legacy that extends across the science-fiction genre and beyond it.

Editorial Reviews

MAY 2023 - AudioFile

Almost a century ago this groundbreaking work of science fiction introduced the world to futuristic writing concepts still in use. Through narrator Rupert Degas we hear this seminal work about the subjugation of the laborer class in order to keep monstrous machines operating to serve the upper class. Degas has a plaintive tone that underscores the horrors of this dystopian world. But his voice becomes buoyed with hope as the son of the city's ruler rejects his father's ways and falls in love with a woman from the underclass. In 1927 the book was turned into a classic silent film by Fritz Lang, husband of the book's author. A bit verbose by contemporary standards, the novel remains a compelling warning against the dangers of wealth and class abuse. M.S. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

MAY 2023 - AudioFile

Almost a century ago this groundbreaking work of science fiction introduced the world to futuristic writing concepts still in use. Through narrator Rupert Degas we hear this seminal work about the subjugation of the laborer class in order to keep monstrous machines operating to serve the upper class. Degas has a plaintive tone that underscores the horrors of this dystopian world. But his voice becomes buoyed with hope as the son of the city's ruler rejects his father's ways and falls in love with a woman from the underclass. In 1927 the book was turned into a classic silent film by Fritz Lang, husband of the book's author. A bit verbose by contemporary standards, the novel remains a compelling warning against the dangers of wealth and class abuse. M.S. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176799743
Publisher:	Dreamscape Media
Publication date:	04/04/2023
Edition description:	Unabridged

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