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L'Ève future
by Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Auguste, comte de
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Creators: comte de Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (1838-1889) "L'Ève future" by comte de Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam is a symbolist science fiction novel published in 1880. When Lord Ewald confides to his friend Thomas Edison that he's contemplating suicide over his beautiful but empty-souled fiancée, Edison proposes an extraordinary solution: he will construct a perfect android replica named Hadaly. As Edison reveals the mechanical details of his creation and duplicates Alicia's physical form, questions emerge about artifice, perfection, and what makes a woman truly alive—leading to an unexpected supernatural twist. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 70.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 562