Octave Uzanne Albert Robida 30 min read

In the future, the printed book gives way to the phonograph and pocket audio-players, a prophetic vision of the 'end of books,' with unforgettable illustrations by Robida.

This 1895 tale by Uzanne and Robida, from 'Stories for Bibliophiles,' astonishingly foresees audiobooks and portable listening. Witty, prophetic, gorgeously illustrated. Read it for a remarkable nineteenth-century prediction of a world beyond print, from a visionary of French futurism.

In its time

Published in 1895, during the 1890s, wells arrives.

Reading it

30 min read (a novelette, room for a turn or two).