by
Zadie Smith
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E. M. Forster, Middle Manager
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terms
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notes
parochial
(en)
relating to a church parish; having a limited or narrow outlook or scope
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Suburban and parochial, his vistas stretched far into the East
about E. M. Forster
notable
7 years, 6 months ago
Suburban and parochial, his vistas stretched far into the East
about E. M. Forster
notable
7 years, 6 months ago
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[...] not having read Wordsworth, yet grasps the soul of that poet as he listens to Forster recount a visit to the Lake District, Wordsworth country: "Grey sheets of rain trailed in front of the mountains, waterfalls slid down them and shone in the sun, and the sky was always sending shafts of light into the valleys." [...]
just a beautiful quote by Forster
[...] not having read Wordsworth, yet grasps the soul of that poet as he listens to Forster recount a visit to the Lake District, Wordsworth country: "Grey sheets of rain trailed in front of the mountains, waterfalls slid down them and shone in the sun, and the sky was always sending shafts of light into the valleys." [...]
just a beautiful quote by Forster
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[...] It's a cliché to think liking Keats makes you cultured (Larkin and Amis defaced their college copy of The Eves of St. Agnes) [...]
from footnote 4: not sure who this anecdote relates to, but apparently next to the phrase "into her dream he melted" was written "You mean he fucked her, do you?" probably larkin tbh
[...] It's a cliché to think liking Keats makes you cultured (Larkin and Amis defaced their college copy of The Eves of St. Agnes) [...]
from footnote 4: not sure who this anecdote relates to, but apparently next to the phrase "into her dream he melted" was written "You mean he fucked her, do you?" probably larkin tbh