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/"I knew my trip would mean an encounter with Adela Quested": Victoria Olsen reflects on what she found, and what was lost in translation, when she travelled to India with E. M. Forster on her mind.
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"I knew my trip would mean an encounter with Adela Quested": Victoria Olsen reflects on what she found, and what was lost in translation, when she travelled to India with E. M. Forster on her mind.
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Read MoreIn this year's special feature, our team of avid readers offered some suggestions for books a little off the beaten path of summer blockbusters.
Read MoreMore of this year's special feature, where we offered some less predictable ideas for books to tuck into your beach tote or suitcase.
Read More‘She’s a drug; I’m her main focus, the focus of all her attention. No one has ever loved me like that.' Victoria Best explores the fraught relationship between Marguerite Duras and the young man whose love inspired and tormented her.
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