𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘹 𝘓𝘰𝘥𝘨𝘦, 28, 𝘉𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥, 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘯, 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘻𝘻𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯-𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦...

This is interesting: "The Celestial Omnibus" short story by E.M. Forster (1912).

https://monadnock.net/forster/omnibus.html

It really reminds me, in theme, tone, and treatment, of stories by Neil Gaiman, which is not something I expected from Forster (but of course, I'm absolutely no expert on Forster, though I've read several of his books).

Anyway, I enjoyed it, and it is interesting to wonder: if Gaiman were writing 100+ years ago, what would it look / sound like?

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Searching a bit I see it's been adapted as a play at least once. (https://www.theatre22.org/)