Books with title Howards End

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. When the beautiful and independent Helen Schlegel begins an impetuous affair with the ardent Paul Wilcox, a series of events is sparked--some very funny, some very tragic--that results in a dispute over who will inherit Howards End, the Wilcoxes' charming country home. As much about the clash between individual wills as the clash between the sexes and the classes, Howards End is a novel whose central tenet, "Only connect," remains a powerful prescription for modern life.

Sweet and sensitive Ruth Wilcox is terminally ill. Her disease is incurable and as she looks upon the end of her days, the destiny of Howards End, a house belonging to her family and with a great personal value, is her greatest source of unrest, thus her children and husband only value the house through monetary eyes and will, probably, sell it after she is gone.A solution to her worries presents itself, however, when, on a trip to Germany, the Wilcoxes come into contact with the friendly and humane Shlegel sisters. Drawn to Margareth Shlegel, who has a disposition much like her own, in some aspects, Ruth bequeaths Howards End to her, not knowing that this act will do much more than save a house. It might have the power to save those who fell, long ago, in the temptations of society and in the holes of indifference and greed.

Excerpt from Howards EndBut, Margaret dear, I mean, we mustn't be unpractical now that we've come to facts. It is too sudden, surely.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

E. M. Forster’s novel Howards End (1910) deals with codes of conduct, social conventions, and complex relationships in turn-of-the-century England. The tale involves three families: the Wilcoxes, wealthy merchants who made their fortune in the colonies, the Basts, an impoverished young couple from a working class background, and the vibrant Schlegel sisters Margaret, Helen, and Tibby, whose cultural endeavours resemble those of the literary Bloomsbury Group in their love of art, books, and travel. Among the colorful characters are the Wilcox matriarch, Ruth, and the "fallen woman" Jacky Bast. The idealistic Schlegel sisters try to help the struggling Basts and to cure the deeply ingrained class prejudices of the Wilcox family.

In this vibrant portrait of Edwardian England and the many intricacies of class relations in English society during the turn of the century, two families with conflicting values are brought together by an inheritance dispute over a charming country house called Howards End. Sisters Margaret and Helen Schlegel and their brother Tibby place their values in civilized culture, music, literature, and conversation with their friends. Henry Wilcox and his children, Charles, Paul, and Evie, are concerned with the business side of life and distrust emotions and imagination. Through a series of romantic entanglements, disappearing wills, and sudden tragedy, the conflict over the house emerges as a symbolic struggle for England's very future. Regarded by many as Forster's masterpiece, Howards End concerns the nature of class and social status and how they affect one's relationships and well-being-for better or for worse.

At the heart of Forester's masterpiece lie two families: the wealthy and business-minded Wilcoxes and the cultured and idealistic Schlegels. When the beautiful and independent Helen Schlegel begins an impetuous affair with the ardent Paul Wilcox, a series of events is sparked: some very funny, some very tragic, that results in a dispute over who will inherit Howards End, the Wilcoxes' charming country home. As much about the clash between individual wills as the clash between the sexes and the classes, Howards End is a novel whose central tenet, "Only connect," remains a powerful prescription for modern life.

Sweet and sensitive Ruth Wilcox is terminally ill. Her disease is incurable and as she looks upon the end of her days, the destiny of Howards End, a house belonging to her family and with a great personal value, is her greatest source of unrest, thus her children and husband only value the house through monetary eyes and will, probably, sell it after she is gone.A solution to her worries presents itself, however, when, on a trip to Germany, the Wilcoxes come into contact with the friendly and humane Shlegel sisters. Drawn to Margareth Shlegel, who has a disposition much like her own, in some aspects, Ruth bequeaths Howards End to her, not knowing that this act will do much more than save a house. It might have the power to save those who fell, long ago, in the temptations of society and in the holes of indifference and greed.

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. 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. As critic Lionel Trilling once noted, the novel asks, “Who shall inherit England?” 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”?

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. When the beautiful and independent Helen Schlegel begins an impetuous affair with the ardent Paul Wilcox, a series of events is sparked--some very funny, some very tragic--that results in a dispute over who will inherit Howards End, the Wilcoxes' charming country home. As much about the clash between individual wills as the clash between the sexes and the classes, Howards End is a novel whose central tenet, "Only connect," remains a powerful prescription for modern life.

'Howards End' (1910) is a novel by E. M. Forster, about social conventions, codes of conduct, and personal relationships in turn-of-the-century England. The story revolves around three families in England at the beginning of the 20th century: the Wilcoxes, rich capitalists with a fortune made in the Colonies; the half-German Schlegel siblings (Margaret, Tibby, and Helen), whose cultural pursuits have much in common with the real-life Bloomsbury Group; and the Basts, an impoverished young couple from a lower-class background. The idealistic, intelligent Schlegel sisters seek both to help the struggling Basts and to rid the Wilcoxes of some of their deep-seated social and economic prejudices.