Une jeune femme anglaise est agressée dans les grottes de Marabar, une enquête s'ensuit. ce fait divers ordinaire sert de point de départ a E.M. Forster (1879-1970) pour bâtir une des œuvres les plus magistrales de la littérature moderne, tout en écrivant le roman de la présence anglaise aux Indes. Maurois comparait cet écrivain à Proust pour la finesse de ses analyses. Le rapprochement semble fondé : il faut redécouvrir Forster.
1923. English author and critic, member of Bloomsbury group and friend of Virginia Woolf who achieved fame through his novels, which include: Room with a View, Maurice, A Passage to India, and Howard's End. The Celestial Omnibus is a collection of short-stories Forster wrote during the prewar years, most of which were symbolic fantasies or fables. Contents: The Story of a Panic; The Other Side of the Hedge; The Celestial Omnibus; Other Kingdom; The Curate's Friend; and The Road from Colonus. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
Known for his ironic and beautifully crafted novels, Edward Morgan Forster explores themes of hypocrisy and discrimination prevalent in early 20th-century British society. His work features engaging plots that reveal the complexities of social interactions and moral dilemmas, offering a critical perspective on the era's cultural norms.
Essays that applaud democracy's toleration of individual freedom and self-criticism and deplore its encouragement of mediocrity: "We may still contrive to raise three cheers for democracy, although at present she only deserves two."
The novelist E. M. Forster opens the door on life in a remote Maharajah's court in the early twentieth century, a "record of a vanished civilization." Through letters from his time visiting and working there, he introduces us to a 14th century political system in "the oddest corner of the world outside Alice in Wonderland" where the young Maharajah of Devas, "certainly a genius and possibly a saint," led a state centered on spiritual aspirations. The Hill of Devi chronicles Forster's infatuation and exasperation, fascination, and amusement at this idiosyncratic court, leading us with him to its heart and the eight-day festival of Gokul Ashtami, marking the birth of Krishna, where we see His Highness Maharajah Sir Tukoji Rao III dancing before the altar "like David before the Ark."
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Rickie Elliot, a sensitive and intelligent young man with an intense imagination and a certain amount of literary talent, sets out from Cambridge full of hopes to become a writer. But when his stories are not successful, he decides instead to marry the beautiful but shallow Agnes, agreeing to abandon his writing and become a schoolmaster.
A collection of three works by E. M. Forster features a deluxe binding and the titles, Howard's End, A Room with a View, and Where Angels Fear to Tread.
