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Howard's end

Set in Edwardian England, Howards End is the portrait of a lost era, a deceptively golden time before the First World War that would change values and lifestyles forever. To illuminate these changing times, Forster throws together three vastly dissimilar classes of people: the Schlegels--Helen and Margaret--educated, compassionate and independently wealthy; the Wilcoxes--nouveau riche Empire builders; and Leonard Bast, an ambitious but struggling bank clerk. As these three groups move in and out of each other's worlds, disasters and discoveries ensue.

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  • "Set in Edwardian England, Howards End is the portrait of a lost era, a deceptively golden time before the First World War that would change values and lifestyles forever. To illuminate these changing times, Forster throws together three vastly dissimilar classes of people: the Schlegels--Helen and Margaret--educated, compassionate and independently wealthy; the Wilcoxes--nouveau riche Empire builders; and Leonard Bast, an ambitious but struggling bank clerk. As these three groups move in and out of each other's worlds, disasters and discoveries ensue."@en
  • "In Edwardian England, three vastly dissimilar classes of people are thrown together and disasters and discoveries ensue.--"
  • ""Considered by many to be E.M. Forster's greatest novel, Howards End is a beautifully subtle tale of two very different families brought together by an unusual event. The Schlegels are intellectuals, devotees of art and literature. The Wilcoxes are practical and materialistic. When the elder Mrs. Wilcox dies and her family discovers she has left their country home-- Howards End-- to one of the Schlegel sisters, a crisis between the two families is precipitated that takes years to resolve. Written in 1910, Howards End is a symbolic exploration of the social, economic, and intellectual forces at work in England in the years preceding World War I, a time when vast social changes were occurring"--Container."@en
  • "E. M. Forster unveils the English character as never before, exploring the underlying class warfare involving three distinct groups--a wealthy family bound by the rules of tradition and property; two independent, cultured sisters; and a young man living on the edge of poverty."
  • "A chance acquaintance brings together the prosperous bourgeois Wilcox family and the clever, cultured, and idealistic Schlegel sisters. As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs. Wilcox, the impetuous Helen brings into their midst a young bank clerk named Leonard Bast, who lives at the edge of poverty and ruin. When Mrs. Wilcox dies, her family discovers that she wants to leave her country home, Howards End, to Margaret. Thus Forster sets in motion a chain of events that will entangle three different families and brilliantly portrays their aspirations for personal and social harmony."@en
  • "A portrait of life in Edwardian England, dealing with personal relationships and conflicting values."@en
  • "When Helen Schlegel falls suddenly in love with Paul Wilcox she breaks off the engagement almost at once, perceiving the spiritual gulf between their two families. But when her sister, Margaret, marries Paul's father it seems a doomed marriage from the start. Yet the possibility of reconciliation is the focus of Forster's narrative."@en
  • "The Schlegels enjoy music, literature, and conversation ; the Wilcoxes are concerned with business, and distrust emotion and imagination. Romantic entanglements, disappearing wills, and sudden tragedy all complicate a dispute between the two families over Howard's End, a country house which belonged to Henry Wilcox's first wife."@en
  • ""Howards End" refers to a country house that is the setting for a fateful confrontation between three different kinds of people: the Wilcoxes, the Schlegel sisters, and Leonard Bast. Interweaving the lives of these characters, Forster creates an unforgettable tale of romance, tragedy and fragile hope."@en
  • "Edwardian England, the contrast between the Schlegel and Wilcox families, and the fallacies and pretensions which are in all societies are highlighted in this dramatization of E.M. Forster's Howard's end."@en
  • "E.M. Forster unveils the English character as never before, exploring the underlying class warfare involving three distinct groups---a wealthy family bound by the rules of tradition and property; two independent, cultured sisters; and a young man living on the edge of poverty."@en
  • "Howards End' is the story of the Schlegel sisters and their struggle to come to terms with their German heritage in Edwardian England. Their lives are intertwined with those of the Wilcox family and their country house, Howard's End."@en
  • "Howards End' is the story of the Schlegel sisters and their struggle to come to terms with their German heritage in Edwardian England. Their lives are intertwined with those of the Wilcox family and their country house, Howard's End."
  • "Howard's End is a charming country house in Hertfordshire which becomes the object of an inheritance dispute between the Wilcox family and the Schlegel sisters. Through romantic entanglements, disappearing wills, and sudden tragedy, the conflict over the house emerges as a symbolic struggle for England's very future. A clear, vibrant portrait of life in Edwardian England, Howard's End deals with personal relationships and conflicting values."
  • "Howard's End is a charming country house in Hertfordshire which becomes the object of an inheritance dispute between the Wilcox family and the Schlegel sisters. Through romantic entanglements, disappearing wills, and sudden tragedy, the conflict over the house emerges as a symbolic struggle for England's very future. A clear, vibrant portrait of life in Edwardian England, Howard's End deals with personal relationships and conflicting values."@en
  • "E.M. Forster unveils the English character as never before, exploring the underlying class warfare involving three distinct groups---a wealthy family bound by the rules of tradition and property; two independent, cultured sisters; and a young man living on the edge of poverty. Considered by many to be E.M. Forster's greatest novel, Howards End is a beautifully subtle tale of two very different families brought together by an unusual event ..."@en
  • "Howards End, a charming country house in Hertfordshire, becomes the object of an inheritance dispute between the Wilcox family and the Schlegel sisters. Through romantic entanglements, disappearing wills, and sudden tragedy, the conflict over the house emerges as a symbolic struggle for England's very future."@en
  • "The cultured, idealistic Schlegel sisters, the materialistic Wilcox family and the poor, romantic Leonard Bast, only connect in the deepest sense, in and around a charming country house in Hertforshire."@en
  • "To illuminate the changing times, Forster throws together three vastly dissimilar classes of people: the Schlegels, Helen and Margaret, educated, compassionate and independently wealthy; the Wilcoxes, nouveau riche Empire builders; and Leonard Bast, an ambitious but struggling bank clerk."
  • "To illuminate the changing times, Forster throws together three vastly dissimilar classes of people: the Schlegels, Helen and Margaret, educated, compassionate and independently wealthy; the Wilcoxes, nouveau riche Empire builders; and Leonard Bast, an ambitious but struggling bank clerk."@en
  • "English country house passes from one family to another, influencing the lives of its present and would-be inhabitants."@en
  • "A strong-willed and intelligent woman refuses to allow the pretensions of her husband's smug English family to ruin her life."
  • "As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs. Wilcox, the impetuous Helen brings into their midst a young bank clerk named Leonard Bast, who lives at the edge of poverty and ruin. When Mrs. Wilcox dies, her family discovers that she wants to leave her country home, Howards End, to Margaret."@en
  • "Focusing on two socially diverse families, a repressed widower courts a liberal-minded woman."@en
  • "First published in 1910, Howards End is the novel that earned E.M. Forster recognition as a major writer. At its heart lie two families--the wealthy and business-minded Wilcoxes and the cultured and idealistic Schlegels ..."@en
  • "Considered by many to be E. M. Forster's greatest novel, Howards End is a beautifully subtle tale of two very different families brought together by an unusual event. The Schlegels are intellectuals, devotees of art and literature. The Wilcoxes are practical and materialistic, leading lives of "telegrams and anger." When the elder Mrs. Wilcox dies and her family discovers she has left their country home-Howards End-to one of the Schlegel sisters, a crisis between the two families is precipitated that takes years to resolve.Written in 1910, Howards End is a symbolic exploration of the social, economic, and intellectual forces at work in England in the years preceding World War I, a time when vast social changes were occurring. In the Schlegels and the Wilcoxes, Forster perfectly embodies the competing idealism and materialism of the upper classes, while the conflict over the ownership of Howards End represents the struggle for possession of the country's future. Forster refuses to take sides in this conflict. Instead he poses one of the book's central questions: In a changing modern society, what should be the relation between the inner and outer life, between the world of the intellect and the world of business? Can they ever, as Forster urges, "only connect"?"@en
  • "The Schlegels and the Wilcoxes are fighting over Howard's End, a country house which belonged to Henry Wilcox's first wife."
  • "The cultured, idealistic Schliegel sisters, the materialistic Wilcox family, and poor romantic Bast "only connect" at an English country house called Howards End in Herfordshire."@en
  • "A subtle and searching examination of the relevence of middle class culture before the First World War."@en
  • "E.M. Forster's classic novel brings two families together in an inheritance dispute. With the Hertforshire estate of the late Mrs. Wilcox on the line, the opposing struggles of the Schlegels and Wilcoxes soon resemble that of their nation's at the turn of the twentieth century."@en
  • "Howard's End is a country house that is the setting for a fateful confrontation between three vastly different kinds of people: The Wilcoxes, staunch believers in tradition and property rights - and little else; the Schlegel sisters, cultured and emancipated, who share a deep faith in love and goodness; and Leonard Bast, a clerk who lives at the grim edge of poverty and ruin."@en
  • "Set in Edwardian England, this is the story of two families, the Wilcox's and the Shlegels. The Wilcox's are English and very ordinary whereas the Shlegels are unconventional, impractical and out of the ordinary, Complications occur when they cross each other's paths at beautiful Howards End."@en
  • "Romance and tragedy revolve around an English country house called Howards End."@en

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