Helen was a whirlwind of a person and so much fun to read about. She was realistic and practical, and her marriage made me angry, but I wanted the best for her. I hated a lot of the characters, especially the men in the novel, but I found myself drawn to Margaret. It’s a rather dramatic plot of death, marriage, and scandal but it’s also gentle and pleasant. The novel deals with themes of social class and social mobility, social conventions, codes of conduct, and early twentieth-century relationships. Howards End tells the story of the Schlegel sisters, Margaret and Helen, and their cross-class relationships. Forster but I thoroughly enjoyed this one too. I’ll admit that A Room with a View remains my favourite book by E. I’ve had this book on my TBR for a while and I read it over a couple of sunny days in June which was the perfect weather for reading a Forster novel. As the Schlegel sisters try desperately to help the Basts and educate the close-minded Wilcoxes, the families are drawn together in love, lies and death. Summary: ‘Only connect’ is the idea at the heart of this book, a heartbreaking and provocative tale of three families at the beginning of the twentieth century: the rich Wilcoxes, the gentle, idealistic Schlegels, and the lower-middle-class Basts.
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