Lit Openers
Episode 3: A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Interactive Biography Chart
ESSENTIAL BIOGRAPHIC INFO |
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| Author Name: | Edgar Morgan Forster | |
| Pseudonym: | /// | |
| Nickname: | Morgan (Used by his close friends, such as the writers and thinkers in the Bloomsbury Group.) | |
| Date of Birth: | 1st January 1879 | |
| Place of Birth: | London | |
| Date of Death: | th June 1970 | |
| Time Period: | Early 20th century | |
| Type of Education: | Classics, History, and Philosophy | |
| School/University: | King's College, Cambridge | |
| Places where the author lived: | London and Surrey (England), also travelled and lived in Italy and India (which inspired his writing). | |
| Peculiar events: | He received a large inheritance from a great-aunt when he was young. This allowed him to focus on writing full-time and travel. | |
LITERARY PRODUCTION |
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Main works |
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| Complete title: | "A Passage to India" (1924) | |
| Genre: | Social Novel, Colonial Novel | |
| Synthesis: | This novel explores the difficult and tense relationships between British colonizers and Indian people during the time of the British Empire. It questions if people from very different cultures can truly connect and be friends. | |
Other works |
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| Title: | "Howards End" (1910) (Note: The title is written without an apostrophe, following a common tendency in English place names.) | |
| Genre: | Social Novel | |
| Brief Synthesis: | The story connects three different families that represent different social classes in England. The novel explores themes of money, culture, and the importance of human connection. | |
| Title: | "A Room with a View" (1908) | |
| Genre: | Novel of manners (examines and critiques the social rules and customs of a specific society.) Comic romance (uses humour and lighthearted situations to explore the process of courtship and love, typically ending happily with a marriage or union.) | |
| Brief Synthesis: | A light story about a young English woman, Lucy Honeychurch, who travels to Italy. She must choose between the strict rules of English society and following her true heart. | |
| Title: | "The Machine Stops" (1909) | |
| Genre: | Short Story, Science Fiction / Dystopian Fiction | |
| Brief Synthesis: | A famous short story about a future where all people live underground and rely entirely on a giant Machine for everything. It questions the dangers of too much technology. | |
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