Project Gutenberg 2005-02-03 Public domain in the USA. 120 Conrad, Joseph 1857 1924 Korzeniowski, Joseph Conrad Theodore Korzeniowski, Józef Konrad Teodor Korzeniowski, Jozef Konrad Teodor Ford, Ford Madox 1873 1939 Hueffer, Ford Madox Huffer, Ford Chaucer, Daniel Hueffer, Ford Hermann Hueffer, Ford H. Madox The Inheritors Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Etext file produced by Clare Boothby, Graeme Mackreth and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML file produced by David Widger "The Inheritors" by Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford is a novel written in the early 20th century, specifically in the early 1900s. The narrative revolves around a writer who crosses paths with a mysterious young woman who claims to come from the Fourth Dimension, leading to philosophical discussions about identity, existence, and the future of humanity. The interplay between the protagonist and this enigmatic figure hints at deeper themes of societal change and cultural displacement. The opening of "The Inheritors" introduces the main character, a solitary writer embroiled in conversations with a captivating stranger. He feels both attraction and irritation towards her as she engages him in dialogues about their respective backgrounds and the radical ideas she represents, particularly her claim of belonging to a new race poised to inherit the Earth. As they traverse a picturesque landscape, the protagonist is both enchanted and unsettled by her views on existence, which challenge his own ideals and position in a transforming society. This initial exchange sets the stage for themes of alienation, evolution, and the struggle between traditional values and modernity that permeate the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 439144 439145 2024-10-06T15:04:47.997518 2023-09-07T05:15:48.433562 text/html text/html 460101 2021-02-25T21:22:30 text/html; charset=utf-8 151184 2021-02-25T21:22:33 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 221114 2024-10-06T15:04:55.475455 application/epub+zip 228353 2024-10-06T15:04:50.197484 application/epub+zip 228353 2024-10-06T15:04:48.863514 application/epub+zip 384642 2024-10-06T15:04:59.576441 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354106 2024-10-06T15:04:54.644495 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 329656 2022-09-07T18:50:48.903908 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367592 367444 2024-10-06T15:04:46.951529 2023-09-07T05:15:47.575494 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 367328 2020-12-19T08:46:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 141910 2020-12-19T08:46:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 367262 2020-12-19T08:46:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 141860 2020-12-19T08:46:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22549 2024-10-06T15:04:59.709457 application/rdf+xml 9780 2024-10-06T15:04:49.426516 image/jpeg 2646 2024-10-06T15:04:49.141522 image/jpeg 215351 2024-10-06T15:04:48.033519 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia