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E. M. Forster (1879–1970)

Autor(a) de A Passage to India

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About the Author

Edward Morgan Forster was born on January 1, 1879, in London, England. He never knew his father, who died when Forster was an infant. Forster graduated from King's College, Cambridge, with B.A. degrees in classics (1900) and history (1901), as well as an M.A. (1910). In the mid-1940s he returned to mostrar mais Cambridge as a professor, living quietly there until his death in 1970. Forster was named to the Order of Companions of Honor to the Queen in 1953. Forster's writing was extensively influenced by the traveling he did in the earlier part of his life. After graduating from Cambridge, he lived in both Greece and Italy, and used the latter as the setting for the novels Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) and A Room with a View (1908). The Longest Journey was published in 1907. Howard's End was modeled on the house he lived in with his mother during his childhood. During World War I, he worked as a Red Cross Volunteer in Alexandria, aiding in the search for missing soldiers; he later wrote about these experiences in the nonfiction works Alexandria: A History and Guide and Pharos and Pharillon. His two journeys to India, in 1912 and 1922, resulted in A Passage to India (1924), which many consider to be Forster's best work; this title earned the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Forster wrote only six novels, all prior to 1925 (although Maurice was not published until 1971, a year after Forster's death, probably because of its homosexual theme). For much of the rest of his life, he wrote literary criticism (Aspects of the Novel) and nonfiction, including biographies (Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson), histories, political pieces, and radio broadcasts. Howard's End, A Room with a View, and A Passage to India have all been made into successful films. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por E. M. Forster

A Passage to India (1924) 12,380 exemplares
A Room with a View (1908) 11,114 exemplares
Howards End (1910) — Autor — 8,674 exemplares
Maurice: A Novel (1971) 4,134 exemplares
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) 3,098 exemplares
Aspects of the Novel (1927) 2,280 exemplares
The Longest Journey (1907) 1,485 exemplares
The Machine Stops (1909) 675 exemplares
Howards End / A Room with a View (1908) 670 exemplares
A Room With A View / Howards End / Maurice (1911) — Autor — 477 exemplares
Collected Short Stories (1947) — Autor — 382 exemplares
Two Cheers for Democracy (1938) 296 exemplares
Abinger Harvest (1936) 243 exemplares
A Room with a View [1985 film] (1985) — Novel — 243 exemplares
The Hill of Devi (1953) 197 exemplares
Alexandria: A History and a Guide (1922) 179 exemplares
Howards End [1992 film] (1992) — Original novel — 135 exemplares
Original Letters from India (1986) — Editor — 126 exemplares
Pharos and Pharillon (1923) 109 exemplares
Commonplace Book (1978) 87 exemplares
Arctic Summer (1980) 84 exemplares
Great Novels of E.M. Forster (1992) 69 exemplares
Peter Grimes (full score) (1961) 57 exemplares
100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - volume 1 (2017) — Contribuidor — 56 exemplares
Howards End and Other Stories (1997) 51 exemplares
The New Collected Short Stories (1985) 49 exemplares
The Obelisk (2009) 40 exemplares
Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1934) 29 exemplares
Virginia Woolf (1942) 16 exemplares
A Passage to India [play] (2002) 15 exemplares
The Other Side of the Hedge (1995) 13 exemplares
I racconti (1988) 13 exemplares
What I Believe (1939) 11 exemplares
Battersea Rise (1955) 9 exemplares
A letter to Madan Blanchard (1932) 8 exemplares
Romanzi (2004) 8 exemplares
Quelle importance ? (1995) 7 exemplares
The Story of a Panic (2005) 6 exemplares
Roman Sanati (2014) 6 exemplares
Visions of Football (1997) 6 exemplares
The Works of E.M. Forster (2009) 6 exemplares
E. M. Forster: a tribute — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
Tots els contes (1995) 6 exemplares
Nordic Twilight (1940) 6 exemplares
Anonymity : an enquiry (1976) 5 exemplares
The Story of the Siren (2010) 5 exemplares
L'omnibus celeste: racconti (1990) 4 exemplares
Other Kingdom (2005) 4 exemplares
Ensayos críticos (1979) 3 exemplares
Rencontres et destins (2011) 3 exemplares
New Casebooks: E.M.Forster (1995) 3 exemplares
Britten: Billy Budd (Libretto) (2011) 3 exemplares
Resurrezione 2 exemplares
Omnibus (1988) 2 exemplares
Howards End (2020) 2 exemplares
Mr. Andrews 2 exemplares
The Curate's Friend 2 exemplares
Dr. Woolacott 2 exemplares
Arthur Snatchfold 1 exemplar
O călătorie în India (2014) 1 exemplar
LA MANSIÓN 1 exemplar
フォースター評論集 (岩波文庫) (1996) — Autor — 1 exemplar
When A.I. Goes Bad 1 exemplar
Modern Library 1 exemplar
Albergo Empedocle (2016) 1 exemplar
A Room with a View 1 exemplar
[Selections] 1 exemplar
Selected Works 1 exemplar
My Own Centenary 1 exemplar
Credo 1 exemplar
The Machine Stops (and) The Point of It — Autor — 1 exemplar
De machine staat stil (2021) 1 exemplar
The New Disorder 1 exemplar
Casa Howard 1 exemplar

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The Big Book of Classic Fantasy (2019) — Contribuidor — 166 exemplares
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17 X Infinity (1900) — Contribuidor — 160 exemplares
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The Second Penguin Book of English Short Stories (1972) — Contribuidor, algumas edições118 exemplares
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A Passage to India [1984 film] (1984) — Original novel — 104 exemplares
Science Fiction: The Future (1971) — Contribuidor — 84 exemplares
Cities of wonder (1967) — Contribuidor — 78 exemplares
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The Supernatural Reader (1953) — Contribuidor — 55 exemplares
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Art of Fiction (1967) — Contribuidor — 51 exemplares
The Oxford Book of Sea Stories (1994) — Contribuidor — 50 exemplares
Modern Short Stories (1939) — Contribuidor — 49 exemplares
Masters of the Modern Short Story (1945) — Contribuidor — 46 exemplares
An Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories (1989) — Contribuidor — 45 exemplares
A Quarto of Modern Literature (1935) — Contribuidor — 39 exemplares
The Television Late-night Horror Omnibus (1993) — Contribuidor — 39 exemplares
Modern English Short Stories (1939) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
Where Angels Fear to Tread [1991 film] (1991) — Original book — 34 exemplares
The Steampunk Megapack: 26 Modern and Classic Steampunk Stories (2013) — Contribuidor — 33 exemplares
Fairy Tales for Computers (1969) — Contribuidor — 32 exemplares
The Best Ghost Stories (1990) — Contribuidor — 27 exemplares
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Short Stories of the Sea (1984) — Contribuidor — 27 exemplares
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English National Opera Guide : Britten : Peter Grimes : Gloriana (1983) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares
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Best Ghost Stories (1977) — Contribuidor, algumas edições23 exemplares
Classic Essays in English (1961) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares
Tom Barber Trilogy: Uncle Stephen, The Retreat, and Young Tom (1955) — Introdução, algumas edições17 exemplares
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Howard's End [2017 TV mini series] (2020) — Original book — 10 exemplares
Voices from the Radium Age (MIT Press / Radium Age) (2022) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
The Analog Sea Review: Number One (2018) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
A Room With a View [2007 film] (2007) — Original story — 9 exemplares
Armchair Horror Collection (1994) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
British and American Essays, 1905-1956 (1959) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
Maurice and Alec in America (2005) — Original characters — 6 exemplares
Eighteen Stories (1965) 4 exemplares
Tredive mesterfortællinger — Autor, algumas edições3 exemplares
Modern Short Stories — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

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British Author Challenge December 2023: Malorie Blackman & E. M. Forster em 75 Books Challenge for 2023 (Dezembro 31, 2023)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Story of a Panic" by E. M. Forster em The Weird Tradition (Dezembro 2021)
E. M. Forster em Legacy Libraries (Junho 2016)
A Room with a View em Made into a Movie (Janeiro 2016)
Rebel Read: Aspects of the Novel em Le Salon Littéraire du Peuple pour le Peuple (Fevereiro 2014)

Críticas

Clever story. The writing a bit heavy. Gino wasn't shed in a good light but, keep in mind, the character was only in his early 20's.
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SteveMcI | 50 outras críticas | Feb 18, 2024 |
Accompanied by Charlotte, Lucy goes to Florence to find herself, and she learns about Italy's social culture. The story follows Lucy's character arc as she meets the men of Italy alongside Charlotte, whose English societal views start to change.


I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
 
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Louisesk | 221 outras críticas | Jan 26, 2024 |
L’aspetto che mi ha colpito di più di Maurice è stato il racconto di cosa accade a un uomo gay quando per la società egli è uno di quelli là ed è costretto a seguire la filosofia del fai quello che vuoi purché non si sappia in giro.

Maurice ci mostra come il suo omonimo protagonista cerchi la sua strada e di come questa gli si presenti così dolorosamente solitaria e così vischiosa per l’ipocrisia di chi non vuole o fa finta di non vedere. È difficile relazionarsi con il mondo, o anche solo con i propri familiari, in modo sano quando una parte tanto importante di te dovrà rimanere nascosta, per evitare lo scandalo e una sofferenza che a volte si sogna nella speranza possa far cessare quella presente, anche se si è ben consapevoli di quanto possa essere distruttiva.

All’inizio del romanzo è facile provare antipatia per Maurice: non è il tipico personaggio che suscita le simpatie di chi legge, eppure nel proseguimento della lettura si finisce per sperare in un lieto fine perché il riconoscimento dei diritti umani prescinde dalle simpatie. Forster è bravissimo nel mettere su carta il dramma di Maurice, che prima teme la scoperta della propria sessualità e poi, quando la felicità sembra lì a portata di mano e questa fugge via, è incapace di tornare indietro per fingere di non essere mai stato libero e per incatenarsi a un matrimonio che non vuole.

Forster scrisse al suo amico, Forrest Reid: «L’uomo del mio libro, considerato nel complesso, è buono, ma manca poco che la società non lo distrugga, e attraversa la vita quasi scantonando, furtivo e sparuto, gravato da un senso di colpa». È un’affermazione ancora così tristemente attuale che i dubbi che Forster nutriva sull’opportunità di pubblicare Maurice anche dopo la sua morte sono del tutto comprensibili (tanto che sulla copertina del dattiloscritto lasciò scritto: «Pubblicabile… però ne vale la pena?»). Meno male, però, che alla fine è stato pubblicato: non solo per il valore letterario del romanzo, ma anche per il conforto che avrà saputo dare nel tempo a tante persone.
… (mais)
 
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lasiepedimore | 70 outras críticas | Jan 11, 2024 |
I've been wanting to listen to something educational about the novel, but not often such things are on audiobook, so I was excited when this popped up.

Written by a novelist with impeccable authority to teach me something.

And I was surprised it was chatty with personal opinion.

The narrator, Jonathan Keeble, says, on behalf of the author, that he is delivering the book in a lecturing style, however, and he is. But Keeble is reading not lecturing. He is speaking much faster - he is absolutely racing through the words - than he would if he were lecturing. Annoyingly so. I cannot take it all in and must listen several times to get what I want from this book.… (mais)
 
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Okies | 38 outras críticas | Jan 5, 2024 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
178
Also by
86
Membros
50,681
Popularidade
#300
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
794
ISBN
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Línguas
28
Marcado como favorito
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