"Only connect" is doubtless the most famous line from this book, and typical of Forster's knack for sprinkling unexpectedly modern-sounding phrases into his prose.Many critics consider this to be Forster’s masterpiece, and it is hard to imagine a more searing and poignant examination of the social, philosophic, and economic issues facing England during the fascinating window between Queen Victoria and World War I. Forster uses three families—the intellectual and impractical Schlegels, the materialistic and empire-building Wilcoxes (who drove through the bucolic Shropshire countryside and “spoke of Tariff Reform”), and the working class Basts—to explore thMany critics consider this to be Forster’s masterpiece, and it is hard to imagine a more searing and poignant examination of the social, philosophic, and economic issues facing England during the fascinating window between Queen Victoria and World War I. Forster uses three families—the intellectual and impractical Schlegels, the materialistic and empire-building Wilcoxes (who drove through the bucolic Shropshire countryside and “spoke of Tariff Reform”), and the working class Basts—to explore the central question: “Who will inherit England?” The three families form unlikely and problematic friendships, but when inter-marriage and inter-breeding occur, things really get interesting.
His major understandings of society at that age are things people barely start to grasp in their 50s....No good deed goes unpunished. !2.5 "This Champagne has gone flat and don't tell me that Vanilla is from Madagascar" stars ! And it makes you think about life, love, wealth, social inequality, family, art, relations, intimacy, connection!, without feeling heavy or pedagogical. The stories may have a sort of happy ending but they are surely not a happily ever after as in fairy tales. It takes place in early 20th Century England. That could be the unofficial theme of this novel.
His major understandings of society at that age are things people barely start to grasp in their 50s....The beginning started off slow but not boring. Forster for being hardly into his 30s writing this amazing eye opening story is just incredible. Later, when the Wilcoxes move near the Schlegels in London, and Margaret tries to make amends by reaching out to the mother Ruth Wilcox.
This book, written in 1910 certainly reflects the style of authors of that time but Forster is readable while some others at the turn of the 20th century appear stilted and formal. The younger sister Helen Schlegel, visiting the rural “Howard’s End” estate of the conservative, wealthy Wilcox family, writes to Margaret that she is love with and wants to marry one of their sons Paul (which grew out of a single impulsive kiss). Once Charles goes to prison, the family reputatIt is a beautiful book, beautifully written! What a wonderful experience to read this book again Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. Take a study break Every Shakespeare Play Summed Up in a Quote from The Office. At it's heart the film can been seen as a satire on Edwardian society with it's double standards as well as a comedy with tragic elements also woven in. So if there are any English majors working on essays and you want to read into the SYMBOLISM of that, it's like the working class finally got some land/wealth from the aristocrats, and in England, land equals power. I finished it several months ago, but still I think of it often and have recommended it to numerous friends. Watch all you want for free.
And the long discussions about the most trivial things didn't help. Both lived off the work of the industrial working classA metaphor for the value of understated continuity?Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 14, 2017
The skilled writing of E.M. Forster provides a glimpse into the chitchat, interests, and concerns of English everyday life of the time. It is a wonderful adaptation of the book, brilliantly cast and acted, and truly visually stunning It should have certainly worthy of an upgrading to the Blu-ray version which I recently purchased. Even this one, as I read it, was fading from memory.