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About the Author

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Edward Morgan Forster was born on January 1, 1879, in Coventry, England. His father died when he was only a year and a half old, […]

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Overview

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When Howards End was published in 1910, critics generally agreed it surpassed E. M. Forster’s earlier novels. Forster had arrived as an important author, and […]

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Setting

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The various locales represented in Howards End are related to the theme of inheritance and speculation regarding which of England’s landscapes-countryside, city, or suburbs-will claim […]

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Themes and Characters

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A major theme in Howards End is connection-connection between private and public life, connection between individuals-and how difficult it is to create and sustain these […]

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Literary Qualities

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Howards End is a highly symbolic novel; many critics have described it as parable with archetypal or mythic characters. The Wilcoxes symbolize the practical, materialistic, […]

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Social Sensitivity

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Howards End is set in the Edwardian era, so named after King Edward VII of England. Although his reign spanned only nine years, from 1901 […]

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Related Titles and Adaptations

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In Forster’s first novel, Where Angels Fear To Tread, (1905) he contrasts the vibrant, free life of Italians with the artificial, hypocritical and bourgeois life […]