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25 de jun. de 2015 · In the “Celestial Omnibus”, a boy discovers a sign for an omnibus in the lane across from his house. The alley is a very odd place for an omnibus to pass through so the boy gets up very early one morning to investigate it. When the sun rises a carriage does appear out of the fog and the driver picks the boy up.
The Celestial Omnibus is the title story in Forster's 1912 collection, The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories. [Painting at right by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Omnibus company, 1888.] Table of Contents
The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories was a small volume first published by E. M. Forster in 1911. The spotlighted story, The Celestial Omnibus, is, in many lists, considered to be one of the best stories ever written. It was said, that Forster felt books, and stories for that matter, must be read in the proper way.
The Celestial Omnibus, and Other Stories. E. M. Forster (1879 - 1970). With twenty Nobel Prize nominations to his credit, E. M. Forster may reasonably be considered one of the best writers of the 20th century – perhaps of all time.
The omnibus was quite dark, and by the time he had struck a match, night had come on outside also. They were moving rapidly. "A strange, a memorable adventure," he said, surveying the interior of the omnibus, which was large, roomy, and constructed with extreme regularity, every part exactly answering to every other part.
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The omnibus was quite dark, and by the time he had struck a match, night had come on outside also. They were moving rapidly. "A strange, a memorable adventure," he said, surveying the interior of the omnibus, which was large, roomy, and constructed with extreme regularity, every part exactly answering to every other part.