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The Longest Journey

Author
E. M. Forster
Read by
Sebastian Blackwood
Language
English
Length
9 hours 16 minutes
ISBN
9781802560282
Published
20 August 2024
Imprint
Sovereign
  • self-discovery
  • society
  • ideals
  • Cambridge
  • marriage
  • turmoil
  • artistic dreams
  • reality
  • love
  • meaning

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In "The Longest Journey" by E. M. Forster, readers follow the introspective path of Rickie Elliot, a sensitive young man grappling with the constraints of society and his own ideals. Rickie's journey from the cloistered walls of Cambridge to the challenges of married life is fraught with emotional turmoil and self-discovery. Torn between his artistic dreams and the harsh realities of existence, he confronts love, loss, and the yearning for meaning, in a poignant exploration of human aspiration and reality.

Author

Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author. He is best known for his novels, particularly A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924). He also wrote numerous short stories, essays, speeches and broadcasts, as well as biographies and pageant plays. His short story "The Machine Stops" (1909) is often viewed as the beginning of technological dystopian fiction.

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