Dieses Werk gilt als gemeinfrei in den USA (Veröffentlichung vor 1923) und in der Staaten, wo der Urheberrechtsschutz 70 Jahre nach dem Tod des Autors endet.
This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain's to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end. By trying the experiment upon only one man in a perfectly normal world I have scarcely given his idea a fair trial. Several weeks after completing it, I discovered an almost identical plot in Samuel Butler's "Note-books."
The story was published in "Collier's" last summer and provoked this startling letter… (mehr)
Sprache: Englisch
Veröffentlicht in: 1922
Wortanzahl: 9.129 Wörter (≈ 37 Minuten)
Quelle: http://www.gutenberg.org
Urheberrechte: Dieses Werk gilt als gemeinfrei in den USA (Veröffentlichung vor 1923) und in der Staaten, wo der Urheberrechtsschutz 70 Jahre nach dem Tod des Autors endet.
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Sonntag, 30. Januar 2011, 20:11 Uhr
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Dienstag, 09. März 2010, 20:41 Uhr
i was pleasantly surprised by this story. I had heard of the movie but it looked sort of creepy so i decided not to watch it. Stumbling upon this site this book was the first one to show up so i decided to read it. I'm glad I did and I recommend it to anyone who has a some spare time.