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Metropolis

By: Thea Von Harbou
Narrated by: Rupert Degas
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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.

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Rupert Degas is one of the very best narrators in audible. He is simply wonderful to listen to. But he could not save this sorry attempt at literature. How it became famous is a mystery. Perhaps it was so bad the critics fell over each other trying to find concealed wonders, like in the Emperor's New Clothes. Don't waste your time, with apologies to Mr Degas for his brave attempt.

An incoherent messianic rant

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