Item 65 - Letter from E. M. Forster to R. C. Trevelyan

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TRER/3/65

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Letter from E. M. Forster to R. C. Trevelyan

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  • 13 Aug 1938 (Creation)

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W[est] H[ackhurst]. - Very much liked the poem Trevelyan has written about Goldie [Dickinson]: Bessie has given him a copy to keep. He shares the sentiments about Goldie: he was not afraid of death, only distressed by the state of the world as he left it.read more

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Trevelyan's poem about Goldie Dickinson was printed in the "New Statesman and Nation", 22 Oct 1938; a cutting can be found in 2/177.

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Forster's radio programme about T. E. Lawrence, 'Cloud's Hill', was broadcast on 25 Aug 1938 on the Regional Programme, see the BBC's Programme Index website for details. Also mentioned in a letter to Elizabeth Trevelyan of 6 Sept 1938, see TRER/ADD/16.

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