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28 December 2009

E. M. Forster

At Dorset Humanists November meeting, John Hubbard delighted us with his talk entitled 'The Kindly Heart - Humanity and Humour in ‘A Room with a View’ by E. M. Forster': a comedy of manners with a serious purpose in which Forster espoused many liberal and humane causes. Forster poses the question: “How can a young person grow and fulfil his or her whole human potential, including sexual passion, in a society bound by so many restrictions, snobberies and pretentiousness?”. Through his heroine, Lucy Honeychurch, Forster points the way. More..

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