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Chaperoned by her young friend Caroline Abbott, free-spirited, recently widowed Lilia Herriton journeys to the Tuscan town of Monteriano where she falls in love with Gino Carella, a dashing villager who is twelve years her junior. The couple marries before Mrs. Herriton, Lilia's snobbish mother-in-law, and her son Philip can prevent what they view as an unsuitable match. Intervention by Mrs. Herriton and Philip in the events that follow lead t...

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British author E.M. Forster's novel, A Passage to India (1924) is based on the author's impressions of India. He started writing the novel soon after his first visit to the country. The story, set in the 1920s, plays out against the backdrop of the Indian independence movement. The title of the novel is inspired by American icon Walt Whitman's 1870 poem, A Passage to India. The novel revolves around four main characters-Dr. Aziz, his British ...

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The Longest Journey is a bildungsroman by E. M. Forster, first published in 1907. It is the second of Forster's six published novels, following Where Angels Fear to Tread and preceding A Room with a View and Howards End. It was Forster's favourite among his own novels.E. M. Forster once described The Longest Journey as the book "I am most glad to have written." An introspective novel of manners at once comic and tragic, it tells of a sensitive...

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Based on author E. M. Forster's real-life experiences, A Passage to India is a mind-opening tale set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement of the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works of 20th-century English literature by the Modern Library and won the 1924 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Time magazine included the novel in its "All-Time 100 Novels" list.

Lilia Herriton travels to Tuscany and falls in love with an Italian named Gino. A widow, Lilia chooses to stay in Italy, prompting backlash from her deceased husband’s family. Although they send her brother-in-law to bring Lilia home, he finds she has already married, and is pregnant with Gino’s child. Where Angels Fear to Tread is a novel by E.M. Forster.

E.M. Forster's 1924 political and philosophical masterpiece, 'A Passage to India', is among the greatest novels of the twentieth century. The book mirrors the troubled politics of colonialism and questions whether a friendship between a British person and an Indian would have been possible in those prejudiced times. Adela Quested and her fellow British travelers, set to experience the 'real' India, develop a friendship with the suave Dr. Aziz....

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Rickie Elliot, an orphan, enjoys his life as a student at Cambridge, where he joins a circle of intellectuals and begins to envision a career as a writer. When his friend’s fiancé dies, however, Rickie steps in to support her, and soon finds his life heading in an entirely unplanned direction. The Longest Journey is a novel by E.M. Forster.

Dr. Aziz, an Indian Muslim living under the Raj, befriends a group of young British men and women. When he takes Adela and Mrs. Moore to the Marabar Caves, a false accusation and the ensuing trial threaten to destroy his life. A Passage to India is a novel by E.M. Forster.

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 aspirati...

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E.M. Forster's 1924 political and philosophical masterpiece, 'A Passage to India', is among the greatest novels of the twentieth century. The book mirrors the troubled politics of colonialism and questions whether a friendship between a British person and an Indian would have been possible in those prejudiced times. Adela Quested and her fellow British travelers, set to experience the 'real' India, develop a friendship with the suave Dr. Aziz....

Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) 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".In 1991 it was made into a film by Charles Sturridge, starring Rupert Graves, Giovanni Guidelli, Helen Mirren, Helena Bonham Carter, and Judy Davis. A ten-part radio adaptation of the novel was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. An opera based on the novel by Mark Weiser was...

CONTENTSTHE CELESTIAL OMNIBUS AND OTHER STORIES The Story of A Panic The Other Side of The Hedge The Celestial Omnibus Other Kingdom The Curate's Friend The Road from Colonus PHAROS AND PHARILLON INTRODUCTION PHAROS Pharos The Return From Siwa Epiphany Philo's Little Trip Clement Of Alexandria St. Athanasius Timothy the Cat & Timothy Whitebonnet The God Abandons Antony PHARILLON Eliza in Egypt Cotton from The Outside The Den Between The Sun An...

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Frontmatter -- Vorwort zur ersten Auflage -- Vorwort zur zweiten Auflage -- Uebersicht des Systems -- Inhaltsverzeichniß des I. Bandes -- Erklärung der abgekürzten Citate -- Einleitung -- Erstes Buch. Die Grundbegriffe -- Erster Theil. Das Recht -- Vorwort -- Zweiter Theil. Die Berechtigung -- Vorwort -- Zweites Buch. Die besonderen Privatrechte -- Erster Theil. Die persönlichen Rechte oder die Lehre von den Schuldverhältnissen -- Erster Absch...