"The Life to Come" is a
short story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...
by English writer
E. M. Forster, written in 1922 and published posthumously in ''
The Life to Come (and Other Stories)'' in 1972.
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.
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1972 short stories
Short stories by E. M. Forster
1922 short stories
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