EM Forster
Top 10 buildings in fiction | David Annand
It may only rarely get built, but imaginary architecture is a crucial support for many stories, from Jane Austen’s Pemberley to Kafka’s Castle and Ballard’s High-Rise
David Annand
16, Feb, 2022 @12:00 PM
The Guardian view on prescience in novels: reading the future | Editorial
Editorial: Literature can be surprisingly accurate in predicting what lies ahead
Editorial
30, Jan, 2022 @6:25 PM
Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett – a life in books
A woman tests novels against first-hand experience in this risky, immersive narrative, which is absolutely faithful to its own raw spirit
Leo Robson
18, Aug, 2021 @6:30 AM
Top 10 books about Florence
Seducing writers from Boccaccio to EM Forster, this city has given us gossipy and rich histories, and a shadowy backdrop to crime
Christobel Kent
26, Aug, 2020 @9:48 AM
The Guardian view on lockdown reading: more than escapism | Editorial
Editorial:It’s no surprise that people read a lot when stuck at home. But novels are more than a way to kill time
Editorial
19, Apr, 2020 @5:25 PM
How EM Forster saw the lockdown coming | Brief letters
Brief letters: The Machine Stops | The Mirror and The Light | Being extremely vulnerable | West Sussex canals
Letters
15, Apr, 2020 @4:15 PM
Top 10 mentors in fiction
From Homer to Hilary Mantel, these inspiring, sometimes ambiguous figures are a perennial flint-spark for storytelling
Benjamin Myers
04, Mar, 2020 @12:32 PM
Novel Houses by Christina Hardyment review – famous fictional dwellings
From Howards End to Bag End, fictional houses can be as characterful as the people who live in them
Kathryn Hughes
31, Oct, 2019 @7:30 AM
Top 10 queer rural books
Sexual freedom is most often associated with the city, but a small but growing canon including EM Forster and Sarah Waters tells a different story
Mike Parker
17, Jul, 2019 @12:00 PM
Top 10 houseguests in fiction | Jessica Francis Kane
Visits are great engines for storytelling – and from Jane Austen to Ali Smith, here are some of the best
Jessica Francis Kane
12, Jun, 2019 @9:48 AM
Outrages by Naomi Wolf review – sex and censorship
Repressive laws overshadowing the bedroom and the bookshop ... a study of gay Victorians and ‘obscenity’
Colm Tóibín
15, May, 2019 @6:30 AM
Top 10 Quakers in fiction
From magnanimous Mrs Wilcox in Howards End to the bloodthirsty Captain Bildad in Moby-Dick, these portrayals complicate porridge-oat stereotypes
Bridget Collins
09, Jan, 2019 @10:00 AM
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