| Evidence: | Remarks in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book of 1926 include 'Nearly all novels go off at the end,' with examples including Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes ('how silly the book becomes when the witchcraft starts, how worse than silly when it culminates'). |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1926 and 31 Dec 1926 | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Edward Morgan Forster |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1 Jan 1879 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Sylvia Townsend Warner |
| Title: | Lolly Willowes |
| Genre: | Fiction, Astrology / alchemy / occult |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1926 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 20750 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | E. M. Forster | |
| Editor: | Philip Gardner | |
| Title: | Commonplace Book | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1985 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 19 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 19, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20750, accessed: 31 March 2023 | |
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