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The author published a host of acclaimed works including A Room with a View, Howard’s End and Where Angels Fear to Tread in his 20s, but did not complete a single novel in the second half of his life.
The sharp decline in Forster's output has always mystified historians, but now a dossier of his private papers has revealed how growing personal contentment stunted his literary drive.
After suppressing his sexuality as a young man, Forster, who was known to his friends as Morgan, lost his virginity to a wounded soldier in 1917 while working for the Red Cross in Egypt.
That sexual awakening in his late 30s led to a series of romances with working class men including a tram conductor and two policemen.
After publishing A Passage to India, arguably his greatest work, in 1924, Forster spurned the novel and most creative endeavours for the rest of his life, publishing only occasional short stories, essays and plays.
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The movie adaptation was splendid. After watching it once, I knew that I had to own a copy of it. Hugh Grant was aptly cast as Durham - a character I loved to dislike. The young Rupert Graves was hot. Ben Kingsley was also in the movie. If you like the classics, go watch it.
a series of romances with working class men...yawn
"how annoyed I am with society for wasting my time by making homosexuality criminal."
assuming that is what he actually wrote.
Bitches, respect!
Nor does heterosexuality. Or any kind of sexuality.
It's just nature.
oh I'm with Lagunabro on "how can losing your virginity sap your energy? a series of romances with working class men...yawn"
though a good orgasm always leaves me napping for a few hours
(;-)) 3-4 I never do any thing else all day sleep it away
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