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What's so great about EM Forster

Deborah Levy and Laurence Scott talk to Shahidha Bari about EM Forster's work, from his earliest novel, Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), to his essay, Aspects of the Novel.

Deborah Levy and Laurence Scott talk to Shahidha Bari about the writer's work from his earliest novel, Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), to his essay, Aspects of the Novel. Recorded in partnership with the Royal Society of Literature at the British Library.

Producer: Torquil MacLeod

Laurence Scott present a Radio 3 Sunday Feature about Merchant Ivory, which includes interviews about their film adaptations of EM Forster's work
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