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E. M. Forster
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Virginia Woolf : The Waves
Extract of letter to Virginia Woolf from E. M. Forster, copied by Woolf in diary entry of 16 November 1931: '"I expect I shall write to you again when I have re read The Waves. I have been looking in it & talking about it at Cambridge. Its difficult to express oneself about a work which one feels to be so very important but I've the sort of excitement over it which comes from believing that one's encountered a classic."'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: E. M. Forster Print: Book
Sir William Sleeman : Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official
E. M. Forster to Laura Mary Forster, 19 February 1913: 'Do you know Sleeman's Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official? It is a charming book to read in, but the best chapter, about a Suttee on the Nerbudda, you would perhaps be inclined to skip. I have also been reading The Private Life of an Eastern King by E. W. Knighton who was librarian to one of the Kings of Oudh, a very entertaining and interesting little book, and it rings true. It is certainly out of print, but may be in the L[ondon] L[ibrary].'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: E. M. Forster Print: Book
E. William Knighton : The Private Life of an Eastern King
E. M. Forster to Laura Mary Forster, 19 February 1913: 'Do you know Sleeman's Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official? It is a charming book to read in, but the best chapter, about a Suttee on the Nerbudda, you would perhaps be inclined to skip. I have also been reading The Private Life of an Eastern King by E. W. Knighton who was librarian to one of the Kings of Oudh, a very entertaining and interesting little book, and it rings true. It is certainly out of print, but may be in the L[ondon] L[ibrary].'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: E. M. Forster Print: Book
Forrest Reid : unidentified 'sketch'
E. M. Forster to Forrest Reid, 5 October 1913: 'It's a good little sketch I think, and shows you can do a catastrophe if you choose. I never guessed he had murdered his wife, but my mother did. I have kept it longer than I ought, and not for any reason. The second time I read it, I enjoyed it more.'
UnknownCentury: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: E. M. Forster
Pierre Louys : Byblis changee en fontaine
E. M. Forster to Forrest Reid, 5 October 1913: 'We are here [Harrogate] till the 10th [...] It has been a dull month, but not boring. [...] I ordered Chanson de Billitis [sic] from the L[ondon] L[ibrary] and it came as Byblis whiich smelt of the boudoir rather than the forest, but I liked it.'
