The Life to Come

Short story by E. M. Forster

For the Australian novel, see The Life to Come (novel).

"The Life to Come" is a short story 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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E. M. Forster

Novels|

* Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905)
* The Longest Journey (1907)
* A Room with a View (1908)
* Howards End (1910)
* A Passage to India (1924)
* Maurice (1971)

Short stories|

* "The Machine Stops" (1909)
* The Celestial Omnibus ("The Other Side of the Hedge") (1911)
* The Eternal Moment (1928)
* "The Life to Come"
* "The Classical Annex"
* "The Other Boat"

Nonfiction|

* Aspects of the Novel (1927)
* "What I Believe" (1938)
* Two Cheers for Democracy (1951)

Other|

* A Diary for Timothy (1945 documentary film script)
* Billy Budd (1951 libretto)

Related|

* Bloomsbury Group
* Marianne Thornton

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