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The Life to Come (short story)

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"The Life to Come" is a short story by English writer E. M. Forster, written in 1922 and published posthumously in The Life to Come (and Other Stories) in 1972.[1][2]

It was written into four chapters: Night, Evening, Day and Morning.

In 2017, Surrey Opera gave the world premiere of The Life to Come, an opera in two acts by British composer Louis Mander, with libretto by Stephen Fry.

References

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  1. ^ Roy, Anindyo (2001). "Savage Pursuits: The Shaping of Colonial Civility in E. M. Forster's "The Life to Come"". boundary 2. 28 (2): 229–258. ISSN 1527-2141.
  2. ^ Altman, Peter (22 May 1973). "Forster's short stories lack strength of novels". The Minneapolis Star. pp. 8B. Retrieved 18 February 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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