The Longest Journey (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: E. M. Forster
- First Published: 1907
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Values, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Friendship, College life, England or English people, Accidents, Idealism, Disabilities or physically challenged persons, Humanism
- Locales: Wiltshire, England, Cambridge, England
Places Discussed
*Cambridge University. Prestigious English institution of higher learning at which Rickie is studying through the first part of the novel. Rickie’s rooms at one of the colleges are closely identified with a happy and inquiring frame of mind, all the more so as his intellectual hero, student-philosopher Steward Ansell, is nearby. Rickie’s drawing room has a fireplace, a sofa, a table, chairs, a piano, and a painting on a wall. The opening scene set here keynotes the entire novel inasmuch as Rickie and his fellow students, led by Ansell, are having a...
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