Expansion, that is the idea the novelist must cling to, not completion…

E. M. Forster
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Expansion, that is the idea the novelist must cling to, not completion, not rounding off, but opening out. ✨ E M Forster (2016). Aspects of the Novel, p.143, Hachette UK
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Expansion, that is the idea the novelist must cling to, not completion, not rounding off, but opening out. ✨ E M Forster (2016). Aspects of the Novel, p.143, Hachette UK

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