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Where Angels Fear to Tread

With an introduction by Elif Shafak, bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees
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'Strangely timeless . . . Both darkly comedic and tinged with tragic undertones' ELIF SHAFAK 'Swift, witty and satirical, with a fine eye for English manners and English snobbery' JULIAN BARNES 'It was now nearly ten years since Charles Herriton had fallen in love with Lilia... Read More
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Where Angels Fear to Tread

A gorgeous new edition of Forster's first novel, published when he was only twenty-six, with all the mastery of dialogue, humour and character displayed in his later work. With a new introduction by Elif Shafak.

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'Strangely timeless . . . Both darkly comedic and tinged with tragic undertones'

ELIF SHAFAK

'Swift, witty and satirical, with a fine eye for English manners and English snobbery'

JULIAN BARNES

'It was now nearly ten years since Charles Herriton had fallen in love with Lilia Theobald because she was pretty, and during that time Mrs Herriton had hardly known a moment's rest.'

Impulsive Lilia Herriton is a vulgar source of embarrassment to her late husband's family, so her decision to embark on a year abroad in Italy with her friend Caroline Abbott is welcomed by all. But in Monteriano, a Tuscan town perched among the hills and surrounded by olive trees, Lilia scandalises her in-laws by quickly becoming engaged to a charismatic but unsuitable Italian man twelve years her junior.

Hoping to bring Lilia back to England before it's too late, her brother-in-law Philip sets out for Tuscany, but on arrival, his ideas about the town and Lilia are challenged at every turn, and he returns home in defeat.

When the marriage leads to tragedy, Philip and Caroline must once again take the winding road to Monteriano, where they are forced to examine their own values and reconsider the lives that await them back in England.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399736169

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 March 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Sceptre

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 220.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 208

Collections

E.M. Forster Fiction Forbidden Romance General Fiction Historical Romance Literary Fiction

About the Author

Edward Morgan Forster was born in London in 1879, attended Tonbridge School and went on to King's College, Cambridge in 1897, where he retained a lifelong connection and was elected to an Honorary Fellowship in 1946.

He died in June 1970.

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