![]() In the First World War, as a conscientious objector, Forster volunteered for the International Red Cross, and served in Alexandria, Egypt. By this time the majority of his literary canon had been written. As the shadow of war began to gather over Europe In 1914, Forster visited Egypt, Germany and India. In 1910 Forster his success continued with Howards End. ![]() Forster's third novel is A Room with a View, published in 1908, and probably his lightest and most optimistic work although, chronologically contains his earliest writing. His first novel, Where Angels Fear to Tread, was published in 1905 followed by The Longest Journey, in 1907. After leaving university, he travelled throughout continental Europe with his mother. ![]() For his University days he was at King's College, Cambridge, between 18, and later became a peripheral member of the Bloomsbury Group in the 1910s and 1920s. During this time he attended Tonbridge School in Kent, as a day boy. This bequest would later enable him to become a writer. Forster inherited £8,000 (a sum just shy of a million in today’s money) from his paternal great-aunt. He was registered as Henry Morgan Forster, but was mistakenly named at his baptism as Edward Morgan Forster. ![]() Edward Morgan Forster OM, CH was born on January 1st, 1879 at Melcombe Place, London NW1. ![]()
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