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Aspects of the Novelist

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E. M. Forster was born 100 years ago today. From 1924. when Forster's best-known novel A Passage to India appeared. until his death in 1970. he wrote no major
work of fiction. Yet his reputation as novelist,
= polemicist and critic seemed to grow over the years. Only recently has his importance and influence been questioned.
Paul Vauchan for Kaleidoscopc talks about E. M. Forster with his biographer P. N. Forbank ,
and Lord Annan. Stephen Spender.
Francis Kine and A. S. Byatt.
Extracts read by RONALD PICKUP
Producer BRIAN BARFIELD
9.59 Weather

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E. M. Forster
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Paul Vauchan
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E. M. Forster
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P. N. Forbank
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Francis Kine
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A. S. Byatt.
Read By:
Ronald Pickup
Producer:
Brian Barfield
Source: Radio Times

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