First published in 1907, The Longest Journey is the most personal of E.M. Forster's novels, and the one he was most glad to have written. Rickie Elliot, sensitive, idealistic and gifted with a powerful imagination, misleads him-self through his conventional desire for marriage and fatherhood. Falling for the beautiful yet superficial Agnes Pembroke, he gives up his writing ambitions and becomes a schoolmaster at a minor public school in order to marry her. So begins his journey away from the philosophical ideals of his ...
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First published in 1907, The Longest Journey is the most personal of E.M. Forster's novels, and the one he was most glad to have written. Rickie Elliot, sensitive, idealistic and gifted with a powerful imagination, misleads him-self through his conventional desire for marriage and fatherhood. Falling for the beautiful yet superficial Agnes Pembroke, he gives up his writing ambitions and becomes a schoolmaster at a minor public school in order to marry her. So begins his journey away from the philosophical ideals of his Cambridge youth and his slow descent into a hollow world of rigid conformity and moral decay.
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Add this copy of The Longest Journey (the Abinger Edition of E.M. to cart. $14.27, fair condition, Sold by Phatpocket Limited rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waltham Abbey, ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1984 by Edward Arnold.
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Add this copy of The Longest Journey to cart. $30.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1984 by Edward Arnold.
Add this copy of The Longest Journey (the Abinger Edition of E.M. to cart. $85.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1984 by Edward Arnold.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition thus. Introduction by the author. Volume two only. Pages a bit age-toned as always, else fine in fine dust jacket. The definitive text of author's second novel, together with a full description of its complex evolution.
Add this copy of The Longest Journey (the Abinger Edition of E.M. to cart. $85.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1984 by Edward Arnold.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition thus. Introduction by the author. Volume two only. Pages a bit age-toned, topedge lightly soiled, near fine in a very good dust jacket with slight rubbing, modest edgewear and two small ink smudges on the front flap. The definitive text of author's second novel, together with a full description of its complex evolution.
