A great unrecorded history: a new life of E.M. Forster / Wendy Moffat
2011, 1st edition. New York: Picador. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Item #311118
ISBN: 9780312572891
Physical description: 404 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., ports.; 23 cm. Notes: Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-383) and index.
Contents: Prologue: "Start with the fact that he was homosexual" -- Becoming a "grown up man". "A queer moment" -- Kings and apostles -- "A minority, not a solitary" -- "The spark, the darkness on the walk" -- "Ordinary affectionate men" -- "Parting with respectability" -- "A great unrecorded history" -- Happiness can come in one's natural growth. "Do not forget your ever friend" -- "Toms and Dicks" -- "A little like being married" -- "The last Englishman" -- "My dear America" -- "I favor reciprocal dishonesty" -- "The worm that never dies."
Subjects: Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan) 1879-1970; Biography.
Relations with men.
Friends and associates.
Novelists, English 20th century; Biography.
Authors, English 20th century Biography. Genre: Biography. Illustrated.
Price: €12.95