“Wulf’s methods are largely archival, but enlivened by the willingness to retrace her subject’s journeys without her turning the book into the story of her travels rather than Forster’s. And although the endnotes occupy more than 100 dense pages, she strives to keep the main text uncluttered and pacy. Wulf is confident enough that the facts of such a life speak for themselves to avoid any tedious traffic in revisionary argument. Biography, as envisioned here, is reminder, not novelty. She wants to remind us that Forster matters … The more we learn about Forster, the easier it is to accept him at Wulf’s estimation, as “a liberal thinker far ahead of his time” … Wulf reminds us that one life, examined with the right attention, can contain its own world.” – New Statesman

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