‘They all know it is there’ | Tales by Candlelight

Welcome to ‘Tales by Candlelight’, the video series in which we read your favourite (mostly Gothic) short stories, poems, and extracts and analyse them together. Today, we'll be reading 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' by Ursula Le Guin, a chilling meditation on utilitarianism, the trolley problem, and the price we pay for happiness. 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' by Ursula Le Guin, read by Rosie Whitcombe Introduction written and presented by Rosie Whitcombe @books_ncats Directed, produced, and edited by Matty Phillips @ma_ps_ mphotos.uk Bibliography Le Guin, Ursula, 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas', The Unreal and the Real, Selected Stories Volume 2, Outer Space, Inner Lands (London: Gollancz, 2015) 1-7

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