{"product_id":"selected-stories-paperback","title":"Selected Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. M. Forster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eDavid Leavitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwelve stories published during E.M. Forster's lifetime, including \"The Machine Stops\", a dystopian parable about technology and isolation over a century before the advent of social media\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBest known for his novels, \u003ci\u003eHowards End, A Room with a View\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePassage to India\u003c\/i\u003e, E.M. Forster was also the author of many remarkable short stories that he referred to as \"fantasies\". This collection of twelve stories published in his lifetime -- featuring \"The Machine Stops\", a prophetic glimpse into our contemporary world of social media and the growing influence of AI, decades before other dystopian classics like \u003ci\u003e1984, Brave New World\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWe \u003c\/i\u003e-- displays Forster's fascination with myth, magic, and the connections that make us human. Rich in irony and alive with sharp observations on the surprises life holds, the stories often feature violent events, discomforting coincidences, and other disruptive happenings that throw the characters' perceptions and beliefs off balance. In their keen introduction, David Leavitt and Mark Mitchell discuss Forster's place in both the short-story tradition and the canon of gay literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Morgan Forster\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London in 1879, attended Tonbridge School as a day boy, and went on to King's College, Cambridge, in 1897. With King's he had a lifelong connection and was elected to an Honorary Fellowship in 1946. He declared that his life as a whole had not been dramatic, and he was unfailingly modest about his achievements. Interviewed by the BBC on his eightieth birthday, he said: 'I have not written as much as I'd like to . . . I write for two reasons: partly to make money and partly to win the respect of people whom I respect . . . I had better add that I am quite sure I am not a great novelist.' Eminent critics and the general public have judged otherwise and in his obituary \u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e called him 'one of the most esteemed English novelists of his time'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wrote six novels, four of which appeared before the First World War, \u003cb\u003eWhere Angels Fear to Tread\u003c\/b\u003e (1905), \u003cb\u003eThe Longest Journey\u003c\/b\u003e (1907), \u003cb\u003eA Room with a View\u003c\/b\u003e (1908), and \u003cb\u003eHoward's End\u003c\/b\u003e (1910). An interval of fourteen years elapsed before he published \u003cb\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/b\u003e. It won both the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. \u003cb\u003eMaurice\u003c\/b\u003e, his novel on a homosexual theme, finished in 1914, was published posthumously in 1971. He also published two volumes of short stories; two collections of essays; a critical work, \u003cb\u003eAspects of the Novel\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eThe Hill of Devi\u003c\/b\u003e, a fascinating record of two visits Forster made to the Indian State of Dewas Senior; two biographies; two books about Alexandria (where he worked for the Red Cross in the First World War); and, with Eric Crozier, the libretto for Britten's opera \u003cb\u003eBilly Budd\u003c\/b\u003e. He died in June 1970.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 7.77 x 5.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53452762448179,"sku":"9780141186191","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/EEL59uMc8O9780141186191.webp?v=1781194938","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/selected-stories-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}