The author provides an original view of the writer she believes to be the greatest British novelist this century. Armed with new material, she places Forster formally in the context of his work to produce a life history which is both a literary detective story and an imaginative creation of the writer's inner world. Nicola Beauman writes with insight on Forster's lifelong relationships with his mother and great-aunts, reveals the way in which Forster's major novels stemmed from his personal relationships, and in particular, ...
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The author provides an original view of the writer she believes to be the greatest British novelist this century. Armed with new material, she places Forster formally in the context of his work to produce a life history which is both a literary detective story and an imaginative creation of the writer's inner world. Nicola Beauman writes with insight on Forster's lifelong relationships with his mother and great-aunts, reveals the way in which Forster's major novels stemmed from his personal relationships, and in particular, suggests through use of new material, who the originals for Forster's homosexual novel "Maurice" were, and what the writing of that book cost him.
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Seller's Description:
F- in F- jacket. F-/F-. 8vo. original black boards gilt (a trifle rubbed & toned, top edge spotting) in dustwrapper priced £20.00 net. in UK (a trifle rubbed & sunned); pp. xii (last blank), 404, with illustrations. A near fine copy.
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Near Fine in very good + jacket. A first edition copy signed by the author at The International Festival of Authors held in Toronto, Canada on October 16, 1993. The inscription is on the title page and reads, "To Ann...Harbourfront...16 October...1993...Nicola Beauman". The book comes with a ticket stub from the author's festival and a book review clipped from the Canadian newspaper, "The Globe and Mail". Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Small surface scratch on front panel of jacket. Illustrated with black and white photographic illustrations. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 404 pp.
