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TRER/3/83
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Letter from E. M. Forster to R. C. Trevelyan
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- 4 Apr 1950 (Creation)
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4 Crabbe Street, Aldeburgh. - Convalescence [after a prostate operation] has been slow, but he is now improving. Asks for suggestions of a classical author whom Vere could read and refer to in the "Billy Budd" libretto. The opera goes on well. Sends love to Bessie, who visited him in the nursing home. Stayed for a time at the Buckinghams, then Ben Britten drove him and May Buckingham to Aldeburgh. May has now returned.
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Appears in Forster, E., Lago, M., & Furbank, P. (1985). Selected letters of E.M. Forster. Vol. 1, 1879-1920 / edited by Mary Lago and P.N. Furbank. London: Arena.
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- Forster, Edward Morgan (1879-1970), novelist and essayist (Subject)
- Trevelyan, Elizabeth (1875-1957), musician (Subject)
- Buckingham, Robert Joseph (1904-1975), policeman, lover of E.M. Forster (Subject)
- Buckingham, May (1908-) nurse, wife of Bob Buckingham (Subject)
- Britten, Edward Benjamin (1913-1976), Baron Britten, composer, conductor and pianist (Subject)