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Longest Journey
Longest Journey
Author: E M Forster
E.M. Forster is perhaps best known for his novels A ROOM WITH A VIEW, HOWARD'S END and A PASSAGE TO INDIA. Yet THE LONGEST JOURNEY, published in 1907, is considered by many to be his most dramatic, passionate and brilliant work. Greatly autobiographical, it centers on his education. He treats his public school with contempt, Cambridge more kind...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140180862
ISBN-10: 0140180869
Publication Date: 8/31/1989
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Publisher: Penguin Putnam~trade
Book Type: Unknown Binding
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This is a deeply philosophical novel. But, is the book here, or is it not here? And to paraphrase an old Shelly Berman joke, And if it is (or isnt), then why is it here (or not here)? (In the book, the discussion centers on a cow.) He narrates a tale of a student at Cambridge who journeys from his comfortable environment to marry and teach at a grammar school. Certainly here is a book for pedants everywhere.
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Slow & confusing; little substance


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