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Forster

American

[fawr-ster] / ˈfɔr stər /

noun

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

Forster British

/ ˈfɔːstə /

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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Forster estimates they are currently adding around 0.2C of warming globally per decade.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Forster and Hollingsworth write for the Associated Press.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

The prime minister replied that he didn't want to "tempt fate" and suggested Forster ask him again on Sunday.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Yet Forster maintained his equilibrium and held to his admirably sane conception of the human condition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

E. M. Forster did it; Somerset Maugham did it; the list is endless.

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