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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDoes anyone remember a Victorian short story about a
Robot that would dance with women and then the robot got out of control?
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)raccoon
(31,110 posts)Early 20th century but I think 19th. I read it in a collection of ghost(or scary) stories.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Sorry, my robot is dancing with women and getting out of control.
royable
(1,264 posts)"Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti" (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Czech writer Karel Čapek in 1920.
But to answer your question, I don't recall ever having heard of such a story.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)royable
(1,264 posts)Try looking at the examples on the entry for "Edisonade" to see if any of them might jog your memory.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edisonade#Examples
which mentions, for example,
In Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam's 1886 novel The Future Eve Thomas Edison is tasked with the construction of a female android.
Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)jpak
(41,758 posts)"Orange Pussy-grabbing Robot Moves On Victorian Woman like a Bitch"
By Borodin.
IcyPeas
(21,871 posts)It isn't Victorian, more dystopian, but it's similar to your description.... and it was a great sci-fi book.