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Die ausgewählten Texte aus den Bänden Abinger Harvest (1936) und Two Cheers for Democracy (1951) sind eindringliche Plädoyers für Demokratie und Menschlichkeit. Forster schreibt mit einer bewundernswerten Sanftheit und im felsenfesten Glauben an die Bedeutung persönlicher Beziehungen über das Ideal der Verbundenheit untereinander. In der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts prägen Antisemitismus und Rassismus gesellschaftliche Diskurse, nicht zu...

A new selection of E. M. Forster's exquisite short stories, now in the beautifully designed Penguin English Library Series'We created the Machine, to do our will, but we cannot make it do our will now. It has robbed us of the sense of space and of the sense of touch, it has blurred every human relation and narrowed down love to a carnal act, it has paralyzed our bodies and our wills, and now it compels us to worship it.'Like his much-loved nov...

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A Room With a View, perhaps E. M. Forster¿s lightest novel, was also one long in gestation¿he began it as early as 1901, and only published it in 1908. In it we meet young Lucy Honeychurch and her cousin Charlotte Bartlett, who have gone on tour to Italy. During their stay they meet a series of interesting characters, including George Emerson, the son of an eccentric gentleman. The conflict between Lucy¿s choice of the unusual George, or her m...

The setting of A Passage to India is the British Raj, at a time of racial tension heightened by the burgeoning Indian independence movement. Adela Quested, a young British subject, is visiting India to decide whether to marry a suitor who works there as a city magistrate. During her visit, a local physician, Aziz, is accused of assaulting her. His trial brings tensions between the British rulers and their Indian subjects to a head. The novel i...

Soon after the widowed Lilia Herriton arrives at the dusty Tuscan town of Monteriano with her friend Caroline Abbott, she falls in love with Gino Carella, a handsome¿and younger¿man. When her overbearing in-laws hear of the engagement, they panic, believing a marriage like that would dishonor their family and the memory of Liliäs late husband and their child. Liliäs brother-in-law, Philip Herriton, rushes to Italy to stop the marriage and ¿res...

Miss Lucy Honeychurch is on a tour of Italy with her cousin and chaperone, Miss Charlotte Bartlett, when she encounters the young George Emerson, on a similar tour with his father. George finds himself drawn to the pretty, spirited Lucy, while Lucy is intrigued by George's rejection of "proper" behavior. Despite her attraction to George, Lucy later becomes engaged to Cecil Vyse, a London "sophisticate" whose upper-class status makes him an exc...

¿La Signora no tiene derecho a hacer esto ¿dijo la señorita Bartlett¿, ningún derecho. Nos prometió habitaciones al sur con una panorámica conjunta, en su lugar, aquí tenemos habitaciones al lado norte y dan a un patio y bien alejadas. ¡Oh, Lucy! ¿¡Y además es una cockney! ¿dijo Lucy, que se había entristecido por el inesperado acento de la Signorä. Se diría que estamos en Londres. Miró las dos hileras de ingleses sentados junto a la mesa, la ...

The story follows the journey of Lucy Honeychurch, a young and sheltered Englishwoman who is on a trip to Italy with her older cousin, Charlotte Bartlett. They are staying at the Pension Bertolini in Florence. While in Italy, Lucy and Charlotte meet a variety of other English tourists, including the unconventional and free-spirited George Emerson and his father, Mr. Emerson. During their stay in Florence, Lucy has a chance encounter with Geor...

When Adela and her elderly companion, Mrs. Moore, arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced British community.Determined to explore the "real India, " they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr. Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the center...

Howards End, published in 1910, is considered by many to be Forster¿s masterpiece. The plot revolves around three families in Edwardian England: the Schlegels, a trio of half-German, middle-class siblings who to poor people seem rich, but to rich people seem poor, the Wilcoxes, a large, wealthy family of businessmen, and the Basts, a lower class young couple struggling to keep up appearances. The Schlegel siblings are sharp, intelligent, and i...

Howards End" is a novel by E.M. Forster that explores the social and economic differences between the wealthy and the middle class in England during the early 20th century. The story revolves around three families: the wealthy and conservative Wilcoxes, the intellectual and idealistic Schlegels, and the working-class Basts. The plot follows the intermingling of these families and the conflicts that arise between them, as they navigate their re...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content.The eight levels...

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Where Angels Fear to Tread is a novel by E. M. Forster. The title comes from a line in Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism: "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread". The BBC adapted the novel for television in 1966 as a Play of the Month. It was apparently Alexander Pope who coined that phrase, while writing a piece of literary criticism. "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread?" Well, the phrase may apply to cautious writers, but i...

Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster, first published in 1910, about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. Howards End is considered by many to be Forster's masterpiece. Howards End is E.M. Forster's symbolic exploration of the social, economic, and philosophical forces at work in England during the early years of the twentieth century. Written in 1910, the novel offers an extraordinarily ins...

A Passage to India is a 1924 novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. A Passage to India, novel by E.M. Forster published in 1924 and considered one of the author's finest works. The novel examines racism and colonialism as well as a theme Forster developed in many earlier works, namely, the need to maintain both ties to the earth and a cerebral life of...

Pharos and Pharillon" is a non-fiction book by E.M. Forster, first published in 1923. The book is a collection of essays and travel writings based on Forster's experiences in Alexandria, Egypt. The title refers to two lighthouses that stand at either end of the city's harbor. In the book, Forster reflects on a wide range of topics related to his travels, including the history and culture of Egypt, the relationship between the East and the West...

Esta historia podría empezar con una carta de Helen a su hermana. Howards End. Martes. Queridísima Meg: Esto no tiene nada que ver con lo que nos habíamos imaginado. La casa es vieja, pequeña, de ladrillo rojo y, en conjunto, una delicia. Apenas cabemos y no sé lo que va a pasar cuando mañana llegue Paul, el hijo menor. A derecha e izquierda del vestíbulo están el comedor y el saloncito. El mismo vestíbulo es prácticamente una habitación más. ...

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