What is wonderful about great literature is that it transfo… - E. M. Forster

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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.

E. M. Forster

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Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 July 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist.

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Birth Name: Edward Morgan Forster

Alternative Names: EM Forster • E Forster • Edward Forster

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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote. - E. M. Forster

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