Influence of

Samuel Butler

upon

Sources  

  • G. D. Klingopoulos. Mr. Forster's Good Influence, in The Pelican Guide to English Literature, Vol 7, p. 265.  
  • Infloox.

Notes

Notes

Forster writes that "Samuel Butler influenced me a great deal. He, Jane Austen and Marcel Proust are the three authors who helped me most over my writing, and he did more than either of the other two to help me to look at life the way I do…" (Forster, as quoted by Klingopoulos, p. 265)

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