E. M. Forster
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Edward Morgan (E. M.) Forster
(January 1, 1879 – June 7, 1970) was an English author known best for
his ironic novels examining class and hypocrisy in early 20th-century
British society. He was born in London the only child of a middle class
Anglo-Irish and Welsh family. His father died when he was a toddler. He
inherited a substantial sum at age 8 that gave him enough to survive
and become a writer. He attended King’s College, Cambridge and belonged
to the Apostles discussion group, whose membership included many who
would belong to the Bloomsbury Group. After university he traveled
widely in Europe, Egypt, and India. He volunteered with the Red Cross
in Egypt during the First World War. In the 1920’s he served as private
secretary to the Maharajah of Dewas, and wrote A Passage to India (1924)
upon his return to England, winning the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
for fiction. In the 1930’s and 1940’s he became a successful
broadcaster with the BBC. |
A Passage to India
E. M. Forster’s 1924 novel A Passage to India takes place during the beginnings of the Indian indepe..
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A Room with a View
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Aspects of the Novel
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Howards End
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The Machine Stops
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