E. M. Forster
Author
Publisher
Gramercy Books
Language
English
Description
Considered on of the greatest modern English writers, Edward Morgan Forster produced five novels, two volumes of short stories, and several biographies and collections of essays. Although he lived from 1879 to 1970, his finest fiction all appeared before the end of the 1920s. The son of an architect, Forster was born in London and studied the classics and history at King's College, Cambrige. Before he began his writing career in 1903 as a contributor...
Author
Publisher
Norton
Language
English
Description
Set in the elegant Edwardian world of Cambridge undergraduate life, this story by a master novelist introduces us to Maurice Hall when he is fourteen. We follow him through public school and Cambridge, and into his father's firm. In a highly structured society, Maurice is a conventional young man in almost every way-except that he is homosexual. Written during 1913 and 1914, immediately after Howards End, and not published until 1971, Maurice was...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
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Description
To illuminate the changing times, Forster throws together three vastly dissimilar classes of people: the Schlegels, Helen and Margaret, educated, compassionate and independently wealthy; the Wilcoxes, nouveau riche Empire builders; and Leonard Bast, an ambitious but struggling bank clerk.
Pub. Date
1986 (U.S. release)
Language
English
Description
Based on the novel by E.M. Forster.
Set in the early 1900's. "Tells the story of the coming of age of Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham-Carter). Longing to burst free from the repression of British upper class manners and mores, she must wrestle with her inner romantic longings to choose between the passionate George (Julian Sands) and the priggish but socially suitable Cecil (Daniel Day-Lewis)"--Container.
10) Howards End
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999], p1992
Language
English
Description
In Edwardian England, two well educated sisters, each find different ways to deal with the constrainsts of society.
11) Howards End
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Howards End is the story of two independent and unconventional sisters and the men in their lives seeking love and meaning as they navigate an ever-changing world. The social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the intersection of three families - the wealthy Wilcoxes, the gentle and idealistic Schlegels and the lower-middle class Basts.
Series
Language
English
Description
Adela Quested is a plucky young woman who journeys from England with the free-spirited Mrs. Moore. Flouting convention, the two women accompany the handsome Dr. Azis on a tour of the mysterious Marabar Caves. But things turn ugly when Adela returns scratched and bloodied from the expedition. As British authorities urge her to press charges against Aziz, the line separating truth and fantasy begin to blur.
13) Howards End
Publisher
Entertainment One Film USA
Pub. Date
p2016
Language
English
Description
A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Lucy Honeychurch and her nervous chaperone embark on a grand tour of Italy. Alongside sweeping landscapes, Lucy encounters a suspect group of characters (socialist Mr. Emerson and his working-class son George, in particular) who both surprise and intrigue her. When piqued interest turns to potential romance, Lucy is whisked home to England, where her attention turns to Cecil Vyse. But now, with a well-developed appetite for adventure, will Lucy make...
16) Maurice
Series
Publisher
Entertainment One Film USA LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
E.M. Forster's story of two Edwardian-era Cambridge graduates that fall in love, but must abide by British society's strict norms regarding homosexuality.
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006], c1992
Language
English
Description
Insightful, funny, and sometimes tragic look at the collision of two different cultures featuring astonishingly beautiful scenery, a haunting score by Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman, and a memorable supporting turn by Judy Davis.