Project Gutenberg 2011-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 426 Beaumont, Charles 1929 1967 Beaumont, Chuck Nutt, Charles Leroy The Beautiful People Produced by Greg Weeks, Dianna Adair and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Beautiful People" by Charles Beaumont is a thought-provoking collection of science fiction stories written during the mid-20th century. The book delves into themes of beauty, identity, and societal expectations, exploring the lengths to which individuals go to conform to idealized standards. The narrative focuses on the pressures faced by a young girl named Mary, who grapples with the societal mandate of undergoing a physical transformation to achieve beauty. In the story, Mary Cuberle is an 18-year-old girl who rejects the societal pressure to undergo a Transformation that everyone else embraces to become beautiful. As she interacts with her mother and a psychiatrist, the story reveals a dystopian world where beauty is enforced and conformity is paramount. Mary holds onto her identity and self-worth, opposed to the idea of changing her appearance. This inner conflict escalates to the point where her refusal becomes a matter of public scrutiny, leading to a dramatic confrontation about individuality versus societal norms. Ultimately, the tale serves as a cautionary reflection on the value of authentic selfhood amid relentless pressures for conformity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36258/36258-h/images/cover_e.jpg en Science fiction Short stories Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction Teenage girls -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 62870 62879 2024-09-15T10:44:05.605418 2023-09-16T04:34:25.326109 text/html text/html 59866 2011-06-02T20:28:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 168134 2011-06-02T20:29:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 174030 2024-09-15T10:44:07.695414 application/epub+zip 172855 2024-09-15T10:44:05.965418 application/epub+zip 56113 2024-09-15T10:44:05.764405 application/epub+zip 213984 2024-09-15T10:44:09.165402 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 205430 2024-09-15T10:44:07.492400 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 89145 2022-09-16T14:25:25.070115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 53508 53412 2024-09-15T10:44:05.424412 2023-09-16T04:34:25.162090 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 53348 2011-05-29T13:52:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20970 2011-06-02T20:29:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19241 2024-09-15T10:44:09.300507 application/rdf+xml 22920 2024-09-15T10:44:05.828408 image/jpeg 3868 2024-09-15T10:44:05.796399 image/jpeg 169513 2024-09-15T10:44:05.619507 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