Railway termini... Are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.

E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

Howards End

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Topic

Trains Travel

Author

E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

Source

Howards End

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Forster, E.M. Howards End. Edward Arnold, 1910, ch. 2.

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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

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Source
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Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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