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E.M. Forster
Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970) was an English novelist, short story writer and essayist best known for his books A Room with a View, Howards End and A Passage to India. Born in London as the onl...view moreEdward Morgan Forster (1879-1970) was an English novelist, short story writer and essayist best known for his books A Room with a View, Howards End and A Passage to India. Born in London as the only child to parents Edward and Lily Forster, Edward inherited a considerable sum of money from his paternal great-aunt that allowed him to embark on a career as a writer. He attended Tonbridge School in Kent but did not enjoy his time there. He then went to King's College in Cambridge where he joined a secret society known as the Apostles, several members of which later helped form the Bloomsbury Group, a literary/philosophical society that boasted such early members as Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes and Vanessa Bell. Upon graduation, Forster went abroad - often escorted by his mother - and wrote of his travels extensively. Upon his return, he set up residence in Weybridge, Surrey where he would write all six of his novels. All of his books were written between 1908 and 1924 and his last, A Passage to India, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Forster was a homosexual and while he never married, he did have several affairs with male lovers during his lifetime, including a forty-year romance with married policeman Bob Buckingham, at whose home he collapsed and died at age 91 of a stroke. Forster explored his struggle with his own sexuality in his book Maurice. Forster was extremely critical of American foreign policy during his lifetime and rebuffed efforts to film adaptations of his novels due to the fact that the productions would likely use American financing. After his death, however, several of his books were made into films and three of them - A Room with a View, Howards End and A Passage to India are among the most highly regarded films of the late 20th century.view less
Books by E.M. Forster
A Room with a View A Passage to India Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Machine Stops Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Passage to India Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Howards End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Machine Stops Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Howards End Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Machine Stops Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Room with a View Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Passage to India Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Audiobooks by E.M. Forster
Howards End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Room With a View Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Passage to India Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Howards End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Room with a View Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Aspects of the Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHowards End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Machine Stops Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Where Angels Fear to Tread Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Passage to India Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings