"Seventy of Forster's BBC broadcasts trace his evolution from novelist to skillful cultural critic, revealing his vitality and importance as an astute critic of contemporary literature--from Joyce to Steinbeck to Tagore--and a political ...
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.
Forster's lively, informed originality and wit have made this book a classic.
This edition includes a biographical afterword.
A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E. M. FORSTER is a masterful novel that explores the complexities of friendship, culture, and human nature in colonial India.
The novel begins in Florence, Italy, where Miss Lucy Honeychurch, who is chaperoned by her spinster cousin Miss Charlotte Bartlett, arrive at the Pensione Bertolini to find that instead of rooms with a view of the Arno, as promised, theirs ...
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 strong-willed and intelligent woman refuses to allow the pretensions of her husband's smug English family to ruin her life.
In 'The Machine Stops,' E. M. Forster crafts a prescient vision of a dystopian future where humanity, having retreated under the earth's surface, becomes utterly dependent on the eponymous Machine.
" This captivating tale serves as a warning against the dangers of technological isolation and the erosion of human connection in a future where reliance on machines reigns supreme.