Howards End (1910) is a novel by English author E.M. Forster.
Inspired by his interactions with the famous Bloomsbury Group of
writers and intellectuals, as well as by his personal experience
growing up with a large inheritance on the family estate of Rooks
Nest, Howards End has been recognized as one of the finest novels
ever written in English. The story loosely follows the lives of
three families: the Wilcoxes, whose wealth derives from the
exploitation of British colonies; the Basts, an impoverished
couple; and the Schlegels, half-German sisters who find themselves
set between the vastly opposing classes of their peers. Much of the
novel is set on the Wilcox estate, known as Howards End, a symbol
of fortune and a reminder of the generational implications of
hoarded wealth. When Ruth Wilcox moves to London, she befriends her
neighbor Margaret Schlegel. On her deathbed, and in secret, Ruth
leaves a note instructing that Howards End be left to Margaret in
her will, bypassing her family entirely. When her son Henry, a
widower, finds out, he destroys the note, ensuring that the estate
remains within the family. Years later, when the two meet again,
Henry proposes to Margaret, bringing the Wilcox and Schlegel
families closer together. But when her sister Helen brings the
struggling Leonard and Jacky Bast to a party at Howards End, Henry,
who recognizes Jacky as a former mistress, believes he is being set
up, and breaks off the engagement. Although they reconcile,
Margaret is driven apart from her sisters, who resent the Wilcoxes
and distrust Henry. But when Helen becomes pregnant by Leonard, and
a tragic event destroys several lives, the families are brought
together once more, and both Margaret and Henry are forced to
choose between the fortune they stand to gain and the love they
stand to lose. E.M. Forster's Howards End is a masterpiece, a
brilliant study of family, wealth, romance, and secrecy that
captures the depravity of the English aristocracy without losing
what sets it apart-an undeterred sense of humanity. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of E.M. Forster's Howards End is a classic of English
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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