Forster

[fawr-ster]

noun

E(dward) M(organ),1879–1970, English novelist.

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Examples from the Web for forster

“The king died, and then the queen died of grief” is a plot, Forster wrote in Aspects of the Novel.
‘True Detective,’ Obsessive-Compulsive Noir, and ‘Twin Peaks’|Jimmy So|March 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A typical printmaker for hire, Kimmel Forster issued pro-Lincoln lithographs as well.
How a Racist Newspaper Defeated Lincoln in New York in the 1864 Election|Harold Holzer|May 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She spends far more time disarming her reader than Nabokov or Forster.
Book Bag: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Writer|Gish Jen|April 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Forster quotes Chorleys remark that Nothing could be compared with the intimacy of their mutual musical sympathy.
The Violoncello and Its History|Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski

My dear Laura, do not be so foolish; Mr Forster can be of no service to us: but he will be on deck.
Newton Forster|Captain Frederick Marryat
When Forster married, in 1856, he was eager that Elwin should officiate, and proposed going down to Norfolk.
John Forster|Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald
But he called up Haynes, Forster & Company without further remonstrances and afterward went out to perform his commissions.
Golden Stories|Various
"The cows you had better select before you go, unless you prefer that I should do it for you," observed Colonel Forster.
The Settlers in Canada|Frederick Marryat

British Dictionary definitions for forster

Forster

noun

E (dward) M (organ). 1879–1970, English novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. His best-known novels are A Room with a View (1908), Howard's End (1910), and A Passage to India (1924), in all of which he stresses the need for sincerity and sensitivity in human relationships and criticizes English middle-class values

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