爱德华·摩根·福斯特作为小说家在20世纪英国文学史中占有举足轻重的地位。他出身于伦敦中产阶级家庭,少年时期曾在特恩布里奇公学上学,成年后进入剑桥大学国王学院,学习历史和古典文学,受到古希腊人文主义精神的熏陶,后成为该院的荣誉研究员。他一生创作了六部长篇小说:《天使不敢涉足的地方》《最漫长的旅程》《看得见风景的房间》《霍华德庄园》《印度之行》《莫瑞斯》;两部短篇幻想小说集《天国驿车》和《永恒的时刻》。他还著有文学批评论著《小说面面观》、散文集《阿宾哲收获集》等。他的主要作品大都在20世纪初期就已完成,其总体创作时间并不长,但因其小说所阐述的深刻主题具有普遍的意 Edward Foster Foster as a novelist occupies a pivotal position in the history of British literature in the 20th century. He was a middle-class family from London. He was educated at Turnstone College in his youth and entered King’s College of Cambridge University as a teenager, learning history and classical literature. He was influenced by ancient Greek humanism and became the hospital’s honor researcher. Throughout his life he has authored six novels: “Where Angels Can not Get Involved”; “The Longest Journey”; “Scenic View Rooms”; “Howard Manor”; “Trip to India”; “Maurice”; Two Short Fantasy Novel collection “Heavenly Station” and “eternal moment.” He is also the author of literary criticism of “novels”, essays “Abeat collection” and so on. Most of his major works have been completed in the early 20th century, the overall creation of time is not long, but because of his novel profound theme has a universal meaning