E. M. Forster was born on January 1, 1879, in London, England. After an education at Tonbridge School and King's College, Cambridge, he spent a year traveling in Europe. On his return, he taught at the Working Men's College and established the Independent Review, a journal that supported the progressive wing of the Liberal Party. Forster later became a member of the Bloomsbury Group that discussed literary and artistic issues. He published his first novel, Where Angels Fear to Trend, in 1905. He wrote many other novels including Longest Journey, Howard's End, and A Room with a View. As a pacifist Forster wouldn't fight in the First World War, instead he worked for the International Red Cross. Two years later Forster moved to India where he worked as a personal secretary for Mahaharajah of Dewas. This resulted in his novel, A Passage to India. When he returned to England he wrote many critiques and arti

cles but never wrote any more novels. E. M. Forster died on June 7, 1970.

A fascination exerted by characters who grip our minds; a wit and beauty present in an always limped style; a passionate involvement with life in all its variety; a view of existence alive to its comic incongruities and to it's tragic implications; and a steady adherence to human values which compel administration... such are leading aspects of Forster's work that continually line up.(XXXXX,XX).

E. M. Forster, although he is not a terrific writer, I do think he is quite good. Once the story line has begun and all the characters are introduced, his books are quite easy to follow. Overall he proved that even if he wrote about the same thing over and over again that his story is well written because his novels held my attention and proved quite interesting.

Forster in my opinion is an average writer. He understands how to create and develop a character into someone to whom the reader can relate. This is a very important part of writing because without the characters the writer would have nothing. The characters are what get Forster's story through, and he does an excellent job introducing them and continually adding to their personality. The problem I had was in the beginning of Howard's End, all the characters sounded the same and it was very difficult to distinguish who was who without reading the page three or four times. To me as a reader, that is very agitating and can become very confusing. He creates great story lines for his books but it takes a reader six or seven chap

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