R.U.R. (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Karel Capek
- First Published: 1920
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Social satire
- Time of Work: The future
- Setting: An unnamed island
- Principal Characters: Harry Domin, Helena Glory, Dr. Gall, Mr. Alquist, Primus, Helena
- Genres: Satire, Drama
- Subjects: Factories, Love or romance, Future, Science or scientists, Islands, Work or workers, Inventions or inventors, Utopias, Robots or robotics, Technology, Artificial intelligence
- Locales: Islands
The Story:
The Rossum Universal Robot Factory had perfected mechanical men and women. The formula had been developed originally by old Rossum, but it had been left to his son, an engineer, to manufacture the robots. Robots knew no joy, no desire to take a solitary walk, no personal wish of any kind. They were highly developed, with mechanisms devised for only one purpose: work.
The robots manufactured by Rossum’s Universal Robot Factory were so lifelike, however, that when the president’s daughter, Helena Glory, called at the factory and was shown around by Harry...
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