Heralded as E.M. Forster’s masterpiece, Howards End explores the social, economic, and philosophical forces at play in England during the early twentieth century. Written in 1910, the novel delves into the lives of three families, each living within divergent social classes—the wealthy and materialistic Wilcoxes; the literary and cultured Schlegel sisters; and the impoverished Bast family.HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, ...

Edward Morgan Forster was an English author best known for his writings concerning the early 20th century working class of Great Britains. Forster was born to a middle-class family in London and attended a prestigious public school before studying at Kings College of Cambridge University. Forsters writing is known for its sympathetic nature and that could be seen well throughout his life as he volunteered for the International Red Cross during World War I. In his later years Forster became ...

First published in 1924. A Passage to India is a novel by English author E. M. Forster. Set against the backdrop of the Indian independence movement in the 1920s and the British Raj.

Edward Morgan Forster was an English author best known for his writings concerning the early 20th century working class of Great Britains. Forster was born to a middle-class family in London and attended a prestigious public school before studying at Kings College of Cambridge University. Forsters writing is known for its sympathetic nature and that could be seen well throughout his life as he volunteered for the International Red Cross during World War I. In his later years Forster became...

E.M. Forster’s “A Room With A View”, published in 1908, is a classic coming of age tale about a young woman attempting to find herself in the strict culture of Edwardian England. Beginning in Florence, Italy where Lucy Honeychurch and her chaperone Charlotte Bartlett meet Mr. Emerson and his son George while on vacation. Lucy, engaged to the stuffy Cecil Vyse, is simultaneously repelled by and attracted to George, and struggles to reconcile her feelings. The subject of an award-winning 198...

In a world where humanity has sealed itself away from the surface, life revolves around The Machine. It’s a vast, all-encompassing system that caters to every whim and need—food, knowledge, communication—all from the comfort of a single, solitary pod. No one questions it; no one dreams of anything else. The Machine is life.Vashti is a true believer, content in her quiet, mechanical existence. But her son, Kuno, is different. He’s restless, curious, and daring enough to defy the rule...

One of E.M. Forster's most cherished and critically-acclaimed works, "Howards End" is an examination of social mores, class strife and personal relationships in turn-of-the-century England.The story revolves around three disparate families: the idealistic Schlegels (consisting of Margaret, Helen and brother Tibby), the wealthy Wilcox family (parents Henry and Ruth and their children) and the impoverished Basts (Leonard and his wife Jacky).When the Wilcox family moves to Lon...

One of E.M. Forster's most beloved and critically-acclaimed works, "A Room With a View" follows the journeys - both abroad and romantically - of young Lucy Honeychurch, a British girl during the Edwardian era with a distinctly independent nature.On a trip to Italy, with her chaperone in tow, Lucy encounters a Mr. Emerson and his son George. Both men are free-thinkers, unbound by the strictures of the day, and as they continue to run into each other on the trip, Lucy starts to becom...

Dr Aziz is a young Muslim physician in the British Indian town of Chandrapore. One evening he comes across an English woman, Mrs Moore, in the courtyard of a local mosque; she and her younger travelling companion Adela are disappointed by claustrophobic British colonial culture and wish to see something of the 'real' India. But when Aziz kindly offers to take them on a tour of the Marabar caves with his close friend Cyril Fielding, the trip results in a shocking accusation that throws Chan...

The disregard of a dying woman's bequest, a girl's attempt to help an impoverished clerk, and the marriage of an idealist and a materialist intersect at an estate called Howards End. There, the lives of three families become entangled. The Wilcoxes, who own the estate, are a wealthy family who made their fortune in the American colonies. The Schlegel siblings—Margaret, Helen, and Tibby—are lively socialites whose spirited and active lifestyles are representative of the intellectual bourgeo...

Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com. Imagine, if you can, a small room, hexagonal in shape, like the cell of a bee. It is lighted neither by window nor by lamp, yet it is filled with a soft radiance. There are no apertures for ventilation, yet the air is fresh. There are no musical instruments, and yet, at the moment that my meditation opens, this room is throbbing with melodious sounds. An armchair is in the centre, by its side a reading-desk-that is all the furniture

One of E.M. Forster's most cherished and critically-acclaimed works, "Howards End" is an examination of social mores, class strife and personal relationships in turn-of-the-century England.The story revolves around three disparate families: the idealistic Schlegels (consisting of Margaret, Helen and brother Tibby), the wealthy Wilcox family (parents Henry and Ruth and their children) and the impoverished Basts (Leonard and his wife Jacky).When the Wilcox family moves to Londo...