Edward M. Forster biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Edward M. Forster

Author Name:

Edward M. Forster

Born As:

Edward Morgan Forster

Other Names:

Edward Morgan Forster OM, CH.

Born:

1 Jan 1879

Died:

7 Jun 1970




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Selected Works:

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 - written in 1913–14, published posthumously in 1971
Arctic Summer - an incomplete fragment, written in 1912–13, published posthumously in 2003

Short stories:

The Celestial Omnibus and other stories - 1911
The Eternal Moment and other stories - 1928

Collected Short Stories - 1947,  a combination of the above two titles, containing:

The Story of A Panic
The Other Side Of The Hedge
The Celestial Omnibus
Other Kingdom
The Curate's Friend
The Road From Colonus
The Machine Stops
The Point Of It
Mr Andrews
Co-ordination
The Story Of The Siren
The Eternal Moment

The Life to Come and other stories - 1972 - posthumous, containing the following stories written between approximately 1903 and 1960:
Ansell
Albergo Empedocle
The Purple Envelope
The Helping Hand
The Rock
The Life to Come
Dr Woolacott
Arthur Snatchfold
The Obelisk
What Does It Matter? A Morality
The Classical Annex
The Torque
The Other Boat
Three Courses and a Dessert: Being a New and Gastronomic Version of the Old Game of Consequences
My Wood

Plays and pageants:

Abinger Pageant - 1934
England's Pleasant Land - 1940

Film scripts:

A Diary for Timothy - 1945 - directed by Humphrey Jennings, spoken by Michael Redgrave

Libretto:

Billy Budd - 1951 - based on Melville's novel, for the opera by Benjamin Britten

Collections of essays and broadcasts:

Abinger Harvest - 1936
Two Cheers for Democracy - 1951