Howards End -- E. M. Forster

First published in 1910, <i>Howards End</i> is the novel that earned E. M. Forster recognition as a major writer. Soon to be a limited series on Starz. <p/>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. <p/>As much about the clash between individual wills as the clash between the sexes and the classes, <i>Howards End</i> is a novel whose central tenet, "Only connect," remains a powerful prescription for modern life.<br><br><b>Author:</b> E. M. Forster<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vintage<br><b>Published:</b> 03/13/1989<br><b>Pages:</b> 359<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.61lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.08h x 5.23w x 0.77d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780679722557<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Edward Morgan Forster was born January 1, 1879 in London and was raised from infancy by his mother and paternal aunts after his father's death. Forster's boyhood experiences at the Tonbridge School, Kent were an unpleasant contrast to the happiness he found at home, and his suffering left him with an abiding dislike of the English public school system. At King's College, Cambridge, however he was able to pursue freely his varied interests in philosophy, lite