Letter from E.M. Forster to Alec Randall, December 18, 1936

Part of a collection of letters written by E.M. Forster to Sir Alec Randall. They concern, firstly, his trip to Rumania, where he stayed with the Randalls; a tour in France in 1928; and his journey home. Later letters include references to such literary people as Herbert Read, Harold Monro and T.S. Eliot, plus a mention of reading James Joyce's "Ulysses". He also refers to his visit to Africa and his sentiments about the Spanish Civil War and W.W.II. Most of the later letters are signed "Morgan". E. M. Forster was born in London. He is principally known as a novelist and was associated with the Bloomsbury Group, which included Virginia Woolf. Among his best known works are "A Room With A View" (1911) and "A Passage To India" (1924). Many of his novels have been dramatized. He also wrote short stories, drama, non-fiction and criticism. He died at King's College, Cambridge, where he had resided since the mid 1940s. His friend, Sir Alec Randall was with the British legation in Bucharest, Rumania, and was later appointed to serve in Rome. Forster discusses his health and his work.

In Collection:

• E.M. Forster Collection

Creator

• Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970

Contributor

• Randall, Alec, 1892-

Subject

• Ambassadors
• Novelists, English
• Novelists
• Diplomatic and consular service
• Authors
• Authors, English--Correspondence
• Randall, Alec, 1892-
• Diplomats
• Literature, Modern
• Authors, English
• Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970
• Modernism (Literature)

Language

• eng

Identifier

• EMF 16-19

Date created

• December 18, 1936

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 4 pages ; 17.5 x 22.6 cm ; 17.8 x 22.4 cm

Geographic coverage

• England--Abinger Hammer

Coordinates

• 51.2166, -0.4329

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten in black ink.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• E.M. Forester Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• correspondence
• letters (correspondence)

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 1976-003

Fonds title

• E. M. Forster collection

Fonds identifier

• SC099

Is referenced by

• Special Collections finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/e-m-forster-collection

Date digitized

• October 22, 2021

Technical note

• Scanned on Epson Expression 10000XL at 600 DPI, images cropped & resized for Vault to be under 35MB by PD. Metadata by SC.

Rights

• Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/cx8d-yb08

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