The Resume

(January 1, 1879-June 7, 1970)
Wrote 'Where Angels Fear To Tread (1905),' 'The Longest Journey (1907),' 'A Room With A View (1908),' 'Howard's End (1910)' and 'A Passage To India (1924)'

Why he might be annoying:

He didn't use his full names, Edward Morgan.
He hated the idea of his books being made into films.
He had a homosexual relationship with a London policeman (1930).
His work was based largely on his observations of middle-class society.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was accidentally baptized with his father's name.
He was an outspoken critic of the English public school system.
His fame largely rests on the noteworthy films made from his novels.

Credit: Fantom

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Allegedly Gay Men
• Ant Eaters/Pinocchios [Big Noses]
• Award Namesakes
• Born on New Year's Day [January 1st] (Ranked: 1879)
• Celebrity Janeites/Austenites
• David Lean Films
• Fantom's Profiles
• I am Known by My Initials
• I Died in 1970 (Ranked: 91)
• I Turned Down a Knighthood
• I Write Bildungsroman
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Merchant/Ivory Recasts
• Modern Library's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the 20th Century (Ranked: 14)
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 25)
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 38)
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 79)
• NPR's 100 Best Literary Characters of the 20th Century [Authors - 2002] (Ranked: 87)
• Profiles 3501-3750 (Ranked: 3556)
• Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels [Authors]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 28 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 19 Votes: 15.79% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 67 Votes: 67.16% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 62 Votes: 74.19% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 67 Votes: 70.15% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 44 Votes: 40.91% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 37 Votes: 43.24% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 78 Votes: 58.97% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 136 Votes: 46.32% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 183 Votes: 55.74% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 248 Votes: 51.21% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 570 Votes: 56.32% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1373 Votes: 54.99% Annoying