E.M. Forster

Edward Morgan Forster OM, CH (1879 - 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society. Forster's humanistic impulse toward understanding and sympathy may be aptly summed up in the epigraph to his 1910 novel Howards End: "Only connect ... ". His 1908 novel, A Room with a View, is his most optimistic work, while A Passage to India (1924) brought him his greatest success. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 13 different years.…more

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	The War Against Cliché: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000 by Martin Amis 4.09 avg rating — 1,672 ratings — published 2001 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Intellectuals and The Masses: Pride and Prejudice Among the Literary Intelligentsia, 1880 - 1939 by John Carey 3.87 avg rating — 443 ratings — published 1992 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere by Christopher Hitchens 4.02 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2000 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	E.M. Forster: A Life by P.N. Furbank 4.16 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1977 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Critical Terrains: French and British Orientalisms by Lisa Lowe 3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1994 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Age: English Intellectuals Between the World Wars: A Group Portrait by Noel Annan 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1990 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Burning Glass: The Life of Naomi Mitchison by Jenni Calder 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1997 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You May Well Ask: A Memoir, 1920 - 1940 by Naomi Mitchison 3.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1979 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modes of Production of Victorian Novels by N.N. Feltes 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1986 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Elms: A Love Letter to Our Vanished Trees – and the Fight to Save Them by Mandy Haggith (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2025 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars