Howards End (Barnes & Noble Classics) - Softcover

Introduction And Notes By Mary Gordon E.M. Forster

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593080220 ISBN 13: 9781593080228

Publisher: Barnes & Noble, 2012

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2003 Pages: 361 Publisher: the Fine Communications.US (Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed) Introduction by Alfred KazanFirst. published in 1910. Howards End is THE novel that earned EM 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.From the Trade Paperback edition. - This text refers to an...

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Review:

Howards End is a classic English novel . . . superb and wholly cherishable . . . one that admirers have no trouble reading over and over again --Alfred Kazin

Howards End is undoubtedly Forster's masterpiece; it develops to their full the themes and attitudes of [his] early books and throws back upon them a new and enhancing light --Critic Lionel Trilling

Book Description:

A classic novel, irresistibly repackaged for Christmas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1593080220
• ISBN 13: 9781593080228
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368