A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by E.M. Forster, one of the most gifted writers of his time. Titles in this study guide include Howards End and A Passage to India.
As a thirteen-time Nobel Prize in Literature nominee, Forster created well-plotted and ironic stories that explored themes of class and hypocrisy in English society. Moreover, Forster employed an intricate structure of ideas, idealized connection, and sincerity above all else to express his vision of the world.
Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. Many of his novels examine class difference and hypocrisy, including A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924). The last brought him his greatest success. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 16 different years.