Question

In one story by this author, people who do not believe that the title figure is omnipotent are threatened with “Homelessness.” COVID-19 lockdowns popularized a story by this author about Vashti and Kuno, (0[2])who video-call (0[1])from isolated chambers. A story (20[1])by this author ends with the body of the snob Mr. Septimus Bons (20[1]0[1])being found “hurled (0[1])from a considerable height” after a boy takes him to meet Achilles on the title (*) carriage. (10[1])This author of “The Machine (10[1])Stops” (10[3])and “The Celestial (10[1])Omnibus” (10[3]0[2])wrote (10[1])a novel in which a woman (10[1])kisses a man in a field of violets and rejects Cecil Vyse. (10[1]0[1])A novel by this author ends with George Emerson eloping (10[1])with Lucy Honeychurch (10[1])after a trip to Florence. (10[3])For 10 points, name this author of A Room with a View (10[1])and Howards (10[2]0[2])End. (10[1]0[1])■END■ (10[6]0[5])

ANSWER: E. M. Forster [or Edward Morgan Forster]
<Jaimie Carlson, Literature - British - Short Fiction&gt; ~25791~ &lt;Editor: Jaimie Carlson>
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