Mastodawn

I'm getting all my old #rare #books listed again at #eBay, and I've got a nice one for you today -- a #FirstPrinting of #EMForster's 1953 #TheHillOfDevi, which is essentially a collection of letters he wrote back home at the end of the Victorian Age in his youth (he was in his seventies when this was published), when he served as a secretary for an eccentric maharajah in Empire-era #Raj #India. Just $30 or your best offer!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/157907606101

The Marginalian [Unofficial]Mar 1

A Lighthouse for Dark Times

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Ken Everett (Ken's Blogspot)Jan 22

#ARoomWithAView by #EMForster

Breaking free from Edwardian constraints! A woman finds passion and independence between Italy and the English countryside. 🇮🇹🪟🌳

Read here: https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2018/12/a-room-with-view-by-e-m-forster.html

#Sandition by #JaneAusten

Austen's final, unfinished work. A vibrant glimpse into a changing seaside world of health-seekers and entrepreneurs. 🌊🏖️👒

Read here: https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2019/02/sandition-by-jane-austen.html

A Room With A View By E. M. Forster

Julie Howlin Jan 1

Happy new year!

EM Forster, English author best known for his novels A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924) was born on this date in 1879. 10 facts about him:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/12/1-january-em-forster.html

#BirthAnniversary #EMForster #Writers

1 January: EM Forster

EM Forster, English author best known for his novels A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924) was born o...

Topical Tens

Yahooey Jan 1

“Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.” — E. M. Forster, A Room with a View
#BOTD #EMForster #QOTD #Life #Quotation #Difficulty #Quote

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/quote-of-the-day-5387/

Quote of the Day

“Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.” — E. M. Forster, A Room with a View

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Classics Reader Nov 14, 2025

Recently finished #TheMachineStops #EMForster Three out of four stars. Would recommend (but -not- this edition; print on demand should not exist!) Might read again. "Imagine, if you can, a small room, hexagonal in shape, like the cell of a bee." Continuing with: #APeople'sHistoryOfTheUnitedStates #HowardZinn

ius naufragii Nov 7, 2025

Historia, trama, trama con misterio y trama de P. D. James

En el libro Aspectos de la novela, E. M. Forster escribe:

«El rey murió y luego murió la reina» es una historia. «El rey murió y luego la reina murió de pena» es una trama. […] «La reina murió, nadie sabía por qué, hasta que se descubrió que fue de pena por la muerte del rey», es una trama con misterio, un enunciado que admite un desarrollo mayor.

Yo añadiría: «Todo el mundo creyó que la reina había muerto de pena hasta que descubrieron la marca del pinchazo en el cuello.» Eso es un misterio sobre un asesinato, y también admite un desarrollo mayor.

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P. D. James

Deep Dark Fears

#DeepDarkFears #EMForster #historia #LaDamaRojaMataSieteVeces #misterio #PDJames #TodoLoQueSéSobreNovelaNegra #trama

ship Aug 23, 2025

E.M. Foster: Maurice

Well. That made me have a Think.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/5cb46e08-e2a1-4157-af4a-5b50be62fc16

#reading #bookstodon #Maurice #EMForster

Review by voodoocactus - Maurice

I liked the atmosphere and the evocative language (even though the style was sometimes a tad t...

Droppie Aug 19, 2025

Have revered #EMForster 's #TheMachineStops ever since discovering it 1000 years ago. Decided i prolly should read more of him, so atm am ~2/3 thru #WhereAngelsFearToTread . Oh damn, is this a case of never meet your heroes? Ugh, the #empirism, #imperialism, #sexism, but most overtly of all, the #racism. Ugh. Is he simply of his time, or is he even worse? 🤔🤷

Given that for many years now all my leisure #eBook reading is #GutenbergProject #ePubs on my tablet, by definition most if not all of this is old to extremely old works, ergo, i am consuming a nearly unbroken diet this way of obsolete appalling societal attitudes. I wonder if my decision years ago therefore to construct my eBook #library this way in order to digest, learn, & enjoy lots of classic English, French, Russian et al #literature, is actually helping or harming me [given my natal intense #misanthropy & #depression hardly need much encouragement]. 🤯

RanaldClouston Jun 8, 2025

Finished reading #EMForster 's 1908 romance. There were parts I really liked but some of the characters feel much more alive than others - with George very much in the latter category - and while Lucy's 'muddle' is quite nicely drawn I would have liked to see her do a bit more than follow other people's instructions all story long. A classic in its way but not really for me. I haven't seen the adaptation that the cover advertises but it does have a remarkably good cast! #Bookstodon @bookstodon