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Howards End by E. M. Forster (Book Analysis)

Howards End by E. M. Forster (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

978280801524060EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Howards End by E. M. Forster. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including money, class and connection. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 60-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of E. M. Forster Presentation of Howards End Summary of Howards End Character study Margaret Schlegel Helen Schlegel Aunt Juley Munt Theodore ‘Tibby’ Schlegel Henry Wilcox Mrs Ruth Wilcox Charles Wilcox Paul Wilcox Evie Wilcox Dolly Charles Wilcox Leonard Bast Jacky Bast Analysis of Howards End The narrator Money Letters Possession About Howards End Howards End follows two very different families, the Schlegels and the Wilcoxes, as well as their acquaintance Leonard Bast, an impoverished clerk who tries in vain to become more cultured. Throughout the novel, Forster explores the contrasts between the city and the country, the old and the new and the rich and the poor, and examines the social change wrought by the rise of consumerism. The novel has inspired numerous adaptations, including an Academy Award-winning 1992 film starring Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter. About E. M. Forster E. M. Forster was an English writer who wrote six novels and a number of other works of fiction and non-fiction during his lifetime. His works often explore class differences and sexuality (Forster himself was gay, and his posthumous novel Maurice depicts a relationship between two men), and his literary output was shaped by his humanist beliefs. His best-known works include A Room with a View, Howards End and A Passage to India, all of which met with critical acclaim. Indeed, Forster was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature on 16 occasions, but he never won the award.This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Howards End by E. M. Forster. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including money, class and connection. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 60-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of E. M. Forster Presentation of Howards End Summary of Howards End Character study Margaret Schlegel Helen Schlegel Aunt Juley Munt Theodore ‘Tibby’ Schlegel Henry Wilcox Mrs Ruth Wilcox Charles Wilcox Paul Wilcox Evie Wilcox Dolly Charles Wilcox Leonard Bast Jacky Bast Analysis of Howards End The narrator Money Letters Possession About Howards End Howards End follows two very different families, the Schlegels and the Wilcoxes, as well as their acquaintance Leonard Bast, an impoverished clerk who tries in vain to become more cultured. Throughout the novel, Forster explores the contrasts between the city and the country, the old and the new and the rich and the poor, and examines the social change wrought by the rise of consumerism. The novel has inspired numerous adaptations, including an Academy Award-winning 1992 film starring Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter. About E. M. Forster E. M. Forster was an English writer who wrote six novels and a number of other works of fiction and non-fiction during his lifetime. His works often explore class differences and sexuality (Forster himself was gay, and his posthumous novel Maurice depicts a relationship between two men), and his literary output was shaped by his humanist beliefs. His best-known works include A Room with a View, Howards End and A Passage to India, all of which met with critical acclaim. Indeed, Forster was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature on 16 occasions, but he never won the award.application/pdf1
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Howards End by E. M. Forster. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including money, class and connection. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and...
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Howards End by E. M. Forster. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including money, class and connection. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 60-page reading guide is structured as follows:

  • Biography of E. M. Forster
  • Presentation of Howards End
  • Summary of Howards End
  • Character study
    • Margaret Schlegel
    • Helen Schlegel
    • Aunt Juley Munt
    • Theodore ‘Tibby’ Schlegel
    • Henry Wilcox
    • Mrs Ruth Wilcox
    • Charles Wilcox
    • Paul Wilcox
    • Evie Wilcox
    • Dolly Charles Wilcox
    • Leonard Bast
    • Jacky Bast
  • Analysis of Howards End
    • The narrator
    • Money
    • Letters
    • Possession

About Howards End

Howards End follows two very different families, the Schlegels and the Wilcoxes, as well as their acquaintance Leonard Bast, an impoverished clerk who tries in vain to become more cultured. Throughout the novel, Forster explores the contrasts between the city and the country, the old and the new and the rich and the poor, and examines the social change wrought by the rise of consumerism.

The novel has inspired numerous adaptations, including an Academy Award-winning 1992 film starring Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter.

About E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster was an English writer who wrote six novels and a number of other works of fiction and non-fiction during his lifetime. His works often explore class differences and sexuality (Forster himself was gay, and his posthumous novel Maurice depicts a relationship between two men), and his literary output was shaped by his humanist beliefs. His best-known works include A Room with a View, Howards End and A Passage to India, all of which met with critical acclaim. Indeed, Forster was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature on 16 occasions, but he never won the award.

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