Howards End

By Forster, E. M.

Book Id: WPLBN0002953368
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File Size: 351.40 MB
Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Howards End
Author:	Forster, E. M.
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Howards End
Historic Publication Date:	1910
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago M. Forste, B. E. (1910). Howards End. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

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The book is about three families in England at the beginning of the twentieth century. The three families represent different gradations of the Edwardian middle class: the Wilcoxes, who are rich capitalists with a fortune made in the Colonies; the half-German Schlegel siblings (Margaret, Tibby, and Helen), who represent the intellectual bourgeoisie and have a lot in common with the real-life Bloomsbury Group; and the Basts, a couple who are struggling members of the lower-middle class. The Schlegel sisters try to help the poor Basts and try to make the Wilcoxes less prejudiced. The motto of the book is Only connect...

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