The Longest Journey

The Longest Journey


E. m. Forster E. m. Forster

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The Longest Journey is a novel by E. M. Forster, first published in 1907. It has a reputation for being the least known of Forster's novels, but was also the author's personal favourite and one of his most autobiographical. Rickie Elliot is a student at early 20th century Cambridge, a university that seems like paradise to him, amongst bright if...More
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Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English fiction writer, essayist and librettist. Many of his novels examine class difference and hypocrisy, including A Room with a View (1908) and Howards End (1910). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 16 separate years. Forster's first novel, Where Angels Fear to Tread, was described by reviewers as "astonishing" and "brilliantly original". Forster is noted for his use of symbolism as a technique in his novels. Forster was President of the Cambridge Humanists from 1959 until his death and a member of the Advisory Council of the British Humanist Association from 1963 until his death. His views as a humanist are at the heart of his work, which often...More

Publish Date : 08 Mar 2021

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