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Another great post. Thank you :) I used to love the Merchant Ivory films - particularly A Room With A View - Julian Sands, HBC and the adorable Denholm Elliott.

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Thanks for reading, Victoria. And YES re. Denholm Elliott. No one know about love like Mr Emerson.

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What a great post about One Fine Day – though the problem with your excellent Substack is that you're making my 'To be read' pile extremely high. Though please do write about A Room With A View one (fine) day too - I would love your take on it. I too was smitten with the film – it was very special to me and I will happily rewatch it – and those photos above are... well... yes, indeed, come on. And thank you for sharing my newsletter - I'm very honoured, especially from a writer such as yourself, I am not worthy. XX

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I will definitely do a Forster newsletter one of these days. People used to/like to sneer at all those Merchant Ivory films, but they’re magnificent, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala had a lot to do with it. And thanks so much for the recommendation, Amy: actually I AM NOT WORTHY. xx

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Aw, shucks Sam, you made me blush! Thanks for the rec :) Great post on a novel I haven't yet read, as always!

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It's an interesting novel, lots going on beneath a fairly ordinary domestic surface. Wonderful prose, a paean to England. Somehow generous to itself. And if you like Mrs Dalloway ...

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