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Although he is best known for his exquisite novels, E.M. Forster also wrote remarkable short stories. He referred to his stories as fantasies' and his attraction to myth and magic is apparent in many of them. Like his novels, the stories whether they are set in Italy, Greece, India, and other places Forster visited, or in England itself contrast the freedom of paganism with the restraints of English civilization, the personal, sensual delights of the body with the impersonal, inhibiting rules imposed by society. 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. This volume includes all twelve stories published during Forster's lifetime.

Table of Contents
Introduction by David Leavitt and Mark Mitchell
Suggestions for Further Reading
A Note on the Text

SELECTED STORIES

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

Explanatory Notes

Selected Stories

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 29 March 2001
      ISBN-13 9780141186191
      978-0141186191
      ISBN-10 0141186194
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      Anthologies & Short Stories Contemporary Fiction E M Forster Books by E M Forster

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Although he is best known for his exquisite novels, E.M. Forster also wrote remarkable short stories. He referred to his stories as fantasies' and his attraction to myth and magic is apparent in many of them. Like his novels, the stories whether they are set in Italy, Greece, India, and other places Forster visited, or in England itself contrast the freedom of paganism with the restraints of English civilization, the personal, sensual delights of the body with the impersonal, inhibiting rules imposed by society. 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. This volume includes all twelve stories published during Forster's lifetime.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction by David Leavitt and Mark Mitchell
      Suggestions for Further Reading
      A Note on the Text

      SELECTED STORIES

      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

      Explanatory Notes

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