{"product_id":"the-longest-journey","title":"The Longest Journey","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe longest journey is the one from who you are told to be to who you actually are.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eE.M. Forster's most autobiographical novel is also his most searching—a story about a young man torn between the competing claims of art, family, friendship, and the strange, stubborn voice of his own heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRickie Elliot, a sensitive and intellectually ambitious Cambridge graduate, dreams of becoming a writer. But the world has other plans. He marries the beautiful but shallow Agnes Pembroke, whose practical, respectable family slowly drains his creative spirit. He takes a teaching job he does not want. He suppresses his deepest friendships—including his intense bond with the earthy, unconventional Stewart Ansell. As Rickie stumbles through marriage, career, and the painful discovery that his wife has been unfaithful, Forster asks: What does it mean to live an authentic life? And how much of ourselves must we sacrifice before we are no longer ourselves?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Forster at his most raw and philosophical: a novel about disability, class, sexuality, and the courage required to choose one's own path. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Longest Journey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the least famous of Forster's major works—but for many readers, it is the most deeply felt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForster's third novel (1907), often called his most personal and least polished—and for that reason, his most revealing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExplores themes of disability (Rickie has a deformed foot), academic hypocrisy, and the tension between convention and authenticity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEssential reading for Forster completists and anyone interested in the early 20th-century novel of ideas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears—or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the longest journey is the one that never quite ends.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003eE.M. Forster\u003cspan\u003e (1879–1970) was an English novelist, essayist, and librettist, best known for his novels exploring class, hypocrisy, and the struggle for human connection. His major works include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhere Angels Fear to Tread\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1905), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Longest Journey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1907), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Room with a View\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1908), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHowards End\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1910), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1924), which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Forster was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 16 different years. After 1924, he published no further novels, devoting himself instead to criticism and biography, including the posthumously published \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaurice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1971), a groundbreaking novel about homosexual love written in 1913–14. Forster was a humanist, a secular thinker, and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. 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