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Henry, who was accidentally christened Edward Morgan Forster, was raised by his mother and aunts. After finishing his education, Forster decided to devote his time to writing. In 1910-1913, Forster wrote Maurice, a novel about homosexual love that ‘argues for the preservation of a space, physical or psychological, beyond any sort of scrutiny’ (The Guardian). It was published posthumously in 1971, nearly sixty years after being written. Forster wrote many short stories, publishing them in collections such as The Celestial Omnibus, and Other Stories (1911), The Eternal Moment, and Other Stories (1928), The Collected Tales of E. M. Forster (1947), The Life to Come, and Other Stories (1972), and Arctic Summer, and Other Fiction (1980). But his fame rests mainly on his novels, such as Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), The Longest Journey (1907), A Room with a View (1908) earlier titled Lucy, and A Passage to India (1924) that remains his most celebrated work. 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His parents were very hard-working and deeply religious people, but so poor that they lived with their five children in only two rooms. The father and mother spent their evenings in reading aloud to their children, generally from books of a serious character.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1861, he started a journal—Vremya, which was forbidden by the Censorship through a misunderstanding. In 1864 he lost his first wife and his brother Mihail. He was in terrible poverty, yet he took upon himself the payment of his brother’s debts. He started another journal—The Epoch, which within a few months was also prohibited. 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With her keen observations of society, biting humor, and masterful storytelling, she redefined the novel of manners. 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