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Howards End

by E. M. Forster

Margaret Schlegel, engaged to the much older, widowed Henry Wilcox, meets her intended the morning after accepting his proposal and realizes that he is a man who has lived without introspection or true self-knowledge. As she contemplates the state of Wilcox's soul, her remedy for what ails him has become one of the most oft-quoted passages in literature: Only connect! That was the whole... (read more)

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Tinky
  • Rated 5 stars

““Howard’s End” is an extraordinarily moving book. I would give very much indeed to live out the rest of my days, like Henry Wilcox, with Margaret and Helen Schlegel at bucolic Howard’s End, which comes, by the end of the novel, to embody civilization itself, poised on the brink of a menacing, mechanized future, resonant with an agricultural past "sanctifying the present,” uttering only an eternal “now.”

The Schlegel sisters – perpetually eager, intellectually and spiritually...”

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0 of 1 members found this review helpful.
alt171psu
  • Rated 2 stars

“I felt that this book was mediocre at best...at worst it was extremely tedious and I found myself wanting to skip pages just to get to a part where something (anything!) happens. This books is filled with some profound and thought provoking passages about Forster's opinions/philosophies of life in general, however I felt as though the book was simply a vehicle for these points which made their characters along with their actions somewhat boring.”

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  • Rated 3.988847 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
  

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