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Longest Journey, The
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From: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Date: 20030101
Author:MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER
Longest Journey, The
(1907), a novel by E. M. Forster .It describes the short, frustrated life of Rickie Elliot, born lame, a schoolmaster and an aspiring writer; the plot centres on his relationship with his healthy ‘pagan’ half-brother, Stephen Wonham. Rickie dies while saving Stephen's life.
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