A century after his novels first came out, E.M. Forster remains one of the most widely read and best-loved authors of the twentieth century. He made his name with novels such as "A Room with a View" and "Howards End", which, with their detailed analyses of English snobbery and racism, established hi[...]
All of the relationships this book delineates, even the happy ones, are infused with a kind of tension that had never previously been evoked in English literature, a tension that eventually crosses over into violence. It is a novel of manners, written in the last years of the Edwardian era.[...]
Set in British India in the 1920s, this book looks at racial conflict. The characters struggle to overcome their own differences and prejudices, but when the Indian Dr Aziz is tried for the alleged assault of Adela Quested even the strongest inter-racial friendships come under pressure.[...]
"The Machine Stops" was first published in November of 1909 and is the one science fiction story in this collection, pre-dating both "Brave New World" and "1984". It tells of a dystopian future - 'the machine' has taken over the lives of men and it has an uncomfortable resonance today when so much h[...]
A ROOM WITH A VIEW is one of the finest "e;novels of manners"e; ever written, a hilarious satire of the excessive propriety and mannerisms of the English in an age of repression. It is also the love story of a young woman stuck in this repressive English culture who is transformed by romanti[...]
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;4 Novels by E.M.Forster: Where Angels Fear to Tread + The Longest Journey + A Room with a View + Howards End (4 Unabridged Classics in 1 eBook)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. First novel by E.M.Foster, Where[...]
E.M. Forsters berømte kjærlighetsroman forteller om unge Lucy Honeychurch som må bruke både hjertet og hjernen når hun søker etter den store, ekte kjærligheten. Hennes begjær, hennes drømmer og hennes jakt på sannheten og ærligheten gjør ikke livet lett når hun må velge mellom sine to [...]
This is the first study of E.M. Forster's writings on English place to cover the full range of his writings. Forster's feelings for place were intense, but in recent years his sensitivity to the uniqueness of every place he experienced has largely been ignored by critics. Here, a deep locational cri[...]
Mulk Raj Anand's extraordinarily powerful story of an Untouchable in India's caste system, with a new introduction by Ramachandra Guha, author of Gandhi Bakha is a proud and attractive young man, yet none the less he is an Untouchable - an outcast in India's caste system. It is a system that is even[...]