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A Passage to India (1924), Maurice (novel) (1971) Signature. Edward Morgan Forster OM CH (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author, best known for his novels, particularly A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924).
- Writer (novels, short stories, essays)
- King's College, Cambridge
- 1901–1970
Apr 11, 2024 · E.M. Forster (born January 1, 1879, London, England—died June 7, 1970, Coventry, Warwickshire) was a British novelist, essayist, and social and literary critic. His fame rests largely on his novels Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924) and on a large body of criticism. Forster’s father, an architect, died when the son was a baby ...
Marylebone, London, England. Died. June 7, 1970. Coventry, Warwickshire, England. Edward Morgan Forster (January 1, 1879 – June 7, 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. He is most famous for his novels. Forster is also known for a creed of life which can be summed up in the epigraph to his 1910 novel Howards End ...
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- June 7, 1970
- January 1, 1879
- A Room with a View.
- Howards End.
- A Passage to India by E.M. Forster, Oliver Stallybrass (Editor), Pankaj Mishra (Introduction)
- Maurice.
E. M. Forster, (born Jan. 1, 1879, London, Eng.—died June 7, 1970, Coventry, Warwickshire), British writer.Forster was born into an upper-middle-class family. He attended the University of Cambridge and from roughly 1907 was a member of the informal Bloomsbury group.
A Room with a View is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the restrained culture of Edwardian-era England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a humorous critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century. Merchant Ivory produced an award-winning film adaptation in 1985.
A comprehensive overview of the life and works of E. M. Forster, a liberal and humanist writer who explored the English class system, race, and colonialism in his novels Howards End, Maurice, and A Passage to India. Learn about his early years, education, career, relationships, and legacy.