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First published in 1927, E. M. Forster's "Aspects of the Novel" compiles a series of lectures given to Trinity College at the University of Cambrid...

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E. M. Forster, one of England's most distinguished writers, delivered a series of lectures at Trinity College in 1927. The lectures were compiled i...

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