Howards End
On sale
11th November 2010
Price: £18.99
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In spring of 1905 in England, a brief romance between Helen Schlegel and Paul Wilcox ends badly, their two very different families are brought into collision. The liberal, intellectual Schlegels, who had hoped never to see the capitalist, pragmatic Wilcoxes again, learn that Paul’s family are moving from their country estate – Howards End – to a flat just across the road.
As the lives of the Schlegels and the Wilcoxes become increasingly entangled, Helen befriends Leonard Bast, a man of lower social status. His presence further inflames the families’ political and cultural differences, which are brought to a head in a fatal confrontation at Howards End.
Considered by some to be E. M. Forster’s finest work Howard’s End blends humour and lyricism in this classic exploration of British class and character.
In spring of 1905 in England, a brief romance between Helen Schlegel and Paul Wilcox ends badly, their two very different families are brought into collision. The liberal, intellectual Schlegels, who had hoped never to see the capitalist, pragmatic Wilcoxes again, learn that Paul’s family are moving from their country estate – Howards End – to a flat just across the road.
As the lives of the Schlegels and the Wilcoxes become increasingly entangled, Helen befriends Leonard Bast, a man of lower social status. His presence further inflames the families’ political and cultural differences, which are brought to a head in a fatal confrontation at Howards End.
Considered by some to be E. M. Forster’s finest work Howard’s End blends humour and lyricism in this classic exploration of British class and character.
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Reviews
It erupts in your head and keeps on erupting long after you've read it
Howards End is undoubtedly Forster's masterpiece; it develops to their full the themes and attitudes of [his] early books and throws back upon them a new and enhancing light
Forster's masterpiece
A social comedy, often delightful . . . with energy, curiosity and wit