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Author : Thea von Harbou
Genre : Fiction

Summary : Metropolis is a novel by the German writer Thea von Harbou. The story is set in 2026 in a technologically advanced city, which is sustained by the existence of an underground society of labourers. The son of one of the city's founders falls in love with a girl from the underground society, as the two societies begin to clash due to the lack of a unifying force. The novel was the basis for Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis. The novel was serialised in the magazine Illustriertes Blatt in 1925, accompanied by screenshots from the upcoming film adaptation. It was published in book form in 1926 by August Scherl. An English translation was published in 1927. Michael Joseph of The Bookman wrote about the novel: "It is a remarkable piece of work, skilfully reproducing the atmosphere one has come to associate with the most ambitious German film productions. Suggestive in many respects of the dramatic work of Karel Capek and of the earlier fantastic romances of H. G. Wells, in treatment it is an interesting example of expressionist literature. ... Metropolis is one of the most powerful novels I have read and one which may capture a large public both in America and England if it does not prove too bewildering to the plain reader."

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Author : Upton Sinclair
Genre : Biography & Autobiography

Summary : The Metropolis Upton Sinclair - These are Unique Content for this Book EditionIn this 1907 novel about the extravagant life of New York Citys high society, the author of The Jungle, presents a richly detailed portrait of the wealthy elite of The Metropolis.Allan Montague, a lawyer of thirty, moves to New York City from Mississippi, along with his mother and cousin Alice, to join his younger brother Oliver, who had taken up residence there several years before. The newcomers soon discover that Oliver has become a highly networked member of a fast-paced social circuit comprising some of the most powerful members of the business class. Oliver wastes no time in introducing Allan and Alice into this exclusive group in the hope that they will all prosper through their connections.Sinclair devotes much of the novel to depictions of the profligate and jaded party life of the very rich, who spend vast sums of money on entertainment and new toys to relieve their boredom. Expensive cars (still a novelty at this time), lavishly furnished limousines and private trains, sumptuous dinners attended by liveried servants, tailor-made clothing costing thousands of dollars are described with meticulous attention to the enormous cost of it all. Sinclair also spares no detail in describing the rampant alcoholism, marital affairs, malicious gossip, backstabbing, and shallow values of this set.Deals with New York as unsparingly as "The Jungle" dealt with Chicago. To expose the vice and extravagance of the New York rich has been Mr. Sinclair's purpose in writing this story. Two brothers, one the antithesis of the other, are the mouthpieces which Mr. Sinclair uses respectively to shout forth the demagogue's selfish creed and to denounce it

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Author : Upton Sinclair
Genre : Literary Collections

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Author : G.B. Royer
Genre : Comics & Graphic Novels

Summary : Em 3 volumes com de mais de 300 páginas esta graphic novel é baseada em Metropolis, um clássico filme mudo. Metropolis é um filme de ficção científica alemão de 1927 dirigido por Fritz Lang. Escrito por Thea von Harbou (sua esposa na época) em colaboração com Lang. Num futuro distópico (visto hoje em dia não tão distópico assim) Metropolis é uma cidade futurista controlada de torres de arranha-céus por ricos industriais e magnatas de negócios, enquanto os trabalhadores vivem e trabalham em subterrâneos operando as grandes máquinas que alimentam a cidade. Onde vivem Freder, o filho de Joh Fredersen rico do mestre da cidade e Maria, uma figura santa para os trabalhadores, no entanto Rotwang o inventor descobre Maria, e a usa para transpor sua imagem e mente a sua robô recem criada. No entanto a robô irá subverter ricos pela luxúria e desejo e mobilizar trabalhadores pela rebelião, além de tentar destruir Metropolis.

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Author : Emrys Jones
Genre : Agglomérations urbaines

Summary : Past civilizations have always expressed themselves in great cities, immense in size, wealth, and in their contribution to human progress. We are still fascinated by ancient cities in Babylon, Rome, and Constantinople. Today, giant cites abound, but some are pre-eminent. As always, they represent the greatest achievements of different cultures. This book examines the idea of a class of supercities in the past and present, and in both the western and developing worlds. It analyzes their special characteristics; the effect of technology on their form and function; and the problems that come with size--congestion, poverty and inequality, squalor--that are sobering contrasts to the inherent glamour and attraction of great cities throughout time.

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Author : Upton Sinclair
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Summary : Excerpt from The Metropolis There were grou s of men in faded uniforms standing about in t e corridors. General Pren tice bowed here and there as they went to the rear and took the elevator to the reception rooms. In the doorway they passed a stout little man with stubby white mustaches, and the General stopped, exclaiming, Hello, Major! Then he added: Let me introduce Mr. Allan Montague. Mon tague, this is Major Thorne. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.