E. M. Forster, "English Prose between 1918 and 1939", in Two Cheers For Democracy. London, Edward Arnold & Co., 1951.
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Novelists too — they practise the friendly unpatronising tone ; Christopher Isherwood’s Mr. Norris changes Trains is an example of this. Isherwood — who is extremely intelligent — always writes as if the reader were equally intelligent. He is an example of democratic good manners. He trusts his public

— E. M. Forster on Christopher Isherwood

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E. M. Forster

About E. M. Forster

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