Oliver Stallybras Knihy

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Adela Quested arrives in Chandrapore, prepared to meet and marry a city magistrate who exemplifies the narrow-minded, anti-Indian prejudices of the imperial bureaucracy, but an expedition, led by the charming Dr Aziz, ends in an incident which quickens the pulse of Anglo-Indian mistrust.

"On travelling to Italy with her friend Caroline Abbott, the impulsive English widow Lilia Herriton outrages her dead husband's family by meeting and quickly becoming engaged to a dashing but deeply unsuitable Italian man twelve years her junior. Infuriated, her ex-brother-in-law Philip sets off from England to her new home in the Tuscan town of Monteriano - but, finding himself unable to persuade Lilia to leave her handsome, uncouth new lover, returns to England without her. When Lilia's marriage leads to sudden tragedy, however, Philip and Caroline feel compelled to return once more to Italy, where they find they are forced to examine their own lives." "This edition reproduces the Abinger text, and also includes further reading, notes, a chronology, an introduction by Ruth Padel discussing division and culture clash in the novel and an appendix detailing an exchange about the novel between Forster and the poet R. C. Trevelyan."--BOOK JACKET.

This is the Penguin English Library Edition of Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M. Forster. 'I had got an idea that everyone here spent their lives in making little sacrifices for objects they didn't care for, to please people they didn't love; that they never learned to be sincere - and, what's as bad, never learned how to enjoy themselves'. E. M. Forster's first novel is a witty comedy of manners that is tinged with tragedy. It tells the story of Lilia Herriton, who proves to be an embarrassment to her late husband's family as, in the small Tuscan town of Monteriano, she begins a relationship with a much younger Italian man - classless, uncouth and highly unsuitable. A subtle attack on decorous Edwardian values and a humanely sympathetic portrayal of the clash of two cultures, Where Angels Fear to Tread is also a profound exploration of character and virtue. The Penguin English Library contains 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

E.M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel is a groundbreaking exploration of the novel as a literary form, first presented as a series of lectures at Cambridge University. In this Penguin Classics edition, edited by Oliver Stallybrass with a new preface by Frank Kermode, Forster critiques the 'pseudoscholarship' of historical criticism, urging readers to envision great novelists collaborating in a single space. He delves into key elements such as character, plot, fantasy, and rhythm, drawing insightful comparisons between authors like Proust and James, Dickens and Thackeray, and Eliot and Dostoyevsky, highlighting both their shared traits and differences. Forster's engaging and conversational style, infused with his characteristic wit and irreverence, makes this work of criticism both accessible and thought-provoking. Kermode’s introduction reflects on how Forster's experiences as a novelist shaped his lectures. This edition also features Stallybrass's original introduction, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, and appendices. E.M. Forster (1879-1970), a prominent English author and member of the Bloomsbury group, is known for novels such as Where Angels Fear To Tread, A Room With A View, and Howards End. If you appreciate this work, you may also enjoy Forster's A Room with a View, available in Penguin Classics.