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Howards End by E. M. Forster, which tells the story of the idealistic Schlegel sisters and their turbulent relationship with the Wilcoxes, who care only about money and have no qualms about trampling others to get it. Meanwhile, the sisters seek to help the destitute clerk Leonard Bast, but their well-intentioned meddling ultimately does more harm than good.
Howards End cemented Forster’s reputations as one of the leading novelists of the early 20th century and remains one of his most acclaimed works; he is also known for his novels
Where Angels Fear to Tread,
A Room with a View and
A Passage to India.
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E. M. FORSTER
ENGLISH NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, ESSAYIST AND CRITIC
Born in London in 1879.Died in Coventry in 1970.Notable works:Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), novelA Room with a View (1908), novelA Passage to India (1924), novelEdward Morgan Forster was born in London in 1879 and was raised by his mother and two aunts after his father died in 1880. In 1883, he moved to Rooksnest, Hertfordshire with his mother, where he had a happy childhood. Forster was educated at Tonbridge school, where he was relentlessly bullied, before attending King’s College, Cambridge, where he studied Classics and History. He travelled widely and drew on his experiences in his writing, before joining the war effort in 1915 as part of the Red Cross in Egypt. After the war, he returned to India and completed his most successful novel, A Passage to India, in 1924. Forster continued to write for numerous publications, as well as becoming a broadcaster for the BBC during World War Two. In 1949, he was offered a knighthood, but declined before becoming a Companion of Honour four years later. Forster died in 1970 after suffering from a stroke.
HOWARDS END
A SOCIO-POLITICAL COMMENTARY
Genre: novelReference edition: Forster, E. M. (1987) Howards End. London: Penguin Classics.1stedition: 1910Themes: money, class, culture, urbanisation, nature, feminism, nationalism, inheritanceHowards End (1910) is Forster’s fourth novel, and “with its publication, Forster was recognised as one of the leading novelists of his generation” (p. 11). The novel follows the two idealistic Schlegel sisters and their complicated relationship with the business-minded Wilcoxes. The country house of Howards End plays a central role in the novel and was based upon Forster’s childhood home, Rooksnest, where he spent his happiest days. Throughout the novel, Forster explores a series of contrasts: the town and the country, the old and the new, the poor and the wealthy, the male and the female, the English and the German. He never quite settles on one over the other, instead allowing for further debate and leaving the reader to form their own opinions. What he always values is the representation of the natural spirit, with the overriding question of “Who should inherit Howards End?”
SUMMARY
A LETTER ARRIVES
Helen Schlegel is visiting the Wilcoxes at their home, Howards End. She is positively enamoured of Howards End and the family, and has fallen in love with Paul, the younger Mr Wilcox. Shocked by the news, her sister, Margaret, and their Aunt Juley cannot agree on who should go to Howards End. Ultimately, their brother, Tibby, is rather ill and Margaret must stay to take care of him. Margaret sends a letter for Helen with Aunt Juley, along with express instructions to not meddle. Back home, Margaret receives a note declaring that the romance is dead.
