Delphi Complete Works of E. M. Forster

by E.M. Forster

The English fiction writer and essayist E. M. Forster is noted for his novels that examine class difference and hypocrisy. Famous masterpieces such as ‘A Room with a View’, ‘Howards End’ and ‘A Passage to India’ were recognised for their brilliance of perception and penetrating social commentary, winning Forster great success and he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 16 separate years. In addition to a large body of essays and short stories, Forster wrote a biography of his great-aunt, Marianne Thornton, a vivid documentary account of his Indian experiences, ‘The Hill of Devi’, and ‘Maurice’, a novel with a homosexual theme, published posthumously, but written many years before. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Forster’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material.

CONTENTS:

The Novels
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905)
The Longest Journey (1907)
A Room with a View (1908)
Howards End (1910)
A Passage to India (1924)
Maurice (1971)

The Shorter Fiction
The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories (1911)
The Eternal Moment and Other Stories (1928)
The Life to Come and Other Stories (1972)

The Short Stories
List of Short Stories in Chronological Order
List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order

The Non-Fiction
Alexandria: A History and Guide (1922)
Pharos and Pharillon (1923)
Aspects of the Novel (1927)
Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1934)
Abinger Harvest (1936)
Two Cheers for Democracy (1951)
The Hill of Devi (1953)
Marianne Thornton: A Domestic Biography (1956)

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Collections, Romance, Ebooks

First published July 13, 2011

About the author

Edward Morgan Forster, generally published as E.M. Forster, was an English novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society. His humanistic impulse toward understanding and sympathy may be aptly summed up in the epigraph to his 1910 novel Howards End: "Only connect".

He had five novels published in his lifetime, achieving his greatest success with A Passage to India (1924) which takes as its subject the relationship between East and West, seen through the lens of India in the later days of the British Raj.

Forster's views as a secular humanist are at the heart of his work, which often depicts the pursuit of personal connections in spite of the restrictions of contemporary society. He is noted for his use of symbolism as a technique in his novels, and he has been criticised for his attachment to mysticism. His other works include Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), The Longest Journey (1907), A Room with a View (1908) and Maurice (1971), his posthumously published novel which tells of the coming of age of an explicitly gay male character.

Reviews

[Markus · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful author, I loved all his books and would surely re-read any of them with pleasure.

[Amy Stapleton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Haven't actually gotten through all the novels, but finished Room with a View. I found it to be a very enjoyable read, despite the fact that really not much happens. If you read the synopsis you'd think the story has got to be stuffy and boring. But there's a real flair for character observation on the part of omniscient narrator. If I had to classify the narrator's persona, it would be a skeptic of the individual, but an optimist of human kind as a whole. The only suspense in the whole book concerns what will happen to Lucy. But she's such an interesting character, at such a vulnerable and pivotal point in her life, that we can't help but wonder which road she'll take. I really appreciate the fact that even the "villains" in the story are given deeper and better selves, and nobody comes off looking really bad. There's hope for all of us, it seems!

[Dave · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Angels…” is marvelous; “A Room…” almost bests the famous film adaptation and the others are pretty entertaining, with the exception of “The Longest Journey,” which seemed a bit tedious and overwrought. “The Road to Colonus” perhaps in it’s brevity, provides a sweet, ironic ‘bookend’ to the collection. Forster’s fame is shown here to be deserved and hard-won.

[T. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I reviewed each of the novels individually; the collection included short stories, most of which were supernatural, and not as good as the novels.

[Mark Tedesco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love his full length novels. His short stories are a mixed bag; some I liked, others left me scratching my head.

[Jaq · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some very good stories, that have stood the test of time.

[Marcus · Rating 4 out of 5]

I attained this collection mainly because of The Machine Stops which one of my absolute favourites & is a timeless warning about humanity’s relationship with technology. The other short stories were not as good though one about people racing each was an interesting allegory.