E. M. Forester--A Chronology of His Life & Work
| 1879 | Edward Morgan Forster is born on January 1 in London. His father was an architect of Anglo-Irish extraction. His mother was descended from the Thornton family and the "Clapham Sect." |
| 1897 | He enters King's College, Cambridge. |
| 1900 | He takes a Second Class in the Classical Tripos, Part I. |
| 1901 | He takes a Second Class in the History Tripos, Part II. |
| 1901-1902 | He visits Greece and lives in Italy. |
| 1903 | His first story, "Albergo Empedocle," is published in Temple Bar. |
| 1905 | Where Angels Fear To Tread. |
| 1907 | The Longest Journey. |
| 1908 | A Room With A View. |
| 1910 | Howard's End. |
| 1911 | His first collection of stories, The Celestial Omnibus, is published. He finishes his play, The Heart of Bosnia. |
| 1912-13 | He visits India with Dickinson and R. C. Trevelyan. He begins work on A Passage To India. |
| 1914-18 | He spends much of the war in Alexandria as a Red Cross voluntary worker. |
| 1920 | He is the literary editor of the London Daily Herald. |
| 1922 | Alexandria: A History and a Guide is published. He makes a second visit to India. |
| 1923 | Pharos and Pharillon (literary and historical sketches) is published. |
| 1924 | A Passage To India is published. |
| 1927 | Aspects of the Novel. |
| 1928 | The Eternal Moment, a collection of short stories, is published. |
| 1934 | Goldworthy Lowes Dickinson, a biography, is published. |
| 1936 | A collection of essays, Abinger Harvest, is published. |
| 1939 | What I Believe. |
| 1951 | Two Cheers for Democracy, another collection of essays, is published. |
| 1953 | The Hill of Devi. |
| 1956 | Marianne Thornton. |
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