Howard's End
English country estate
Howard's End is a 1910 novel by E.M.
Forster exploring class divisions in Edwardian England through three families—the intellectual Schlegels, the wealthy Wilcoxes, and the aspirational Basts.
The title refers to a country house that becomes central to the plot.
The epigraph "Only connect" encapsulates its theme of bridging social and emotional divides.
Also a celebrated 1992 Merchant Ivory film adaptation.
- IvoryPersonal name or brand
- period dramaStory set in past
- MargaretTraditional woman's name
- HelenName meaning light
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
Forster · Emma Thompson · manor · inheritance · social class · England · English countryside · class · connection · prose · literary · Bloomsbury · countryside · country house · estate · sisters · property · culture
- Class DramasPride and Prejudice, Downton Abbey, Great Expectations, My Fair Lady, Pygmalion
- high societygossip, socialites, socialite, aristocrats, aristocrat
Howard's EndThe Waste Land
Fragmented 1922 modernist poem
1984 · Brave New World · Lord of the Flies · Heart of Darkness · The Road
Howard, end, ends, ended, ending, endless, endlessly, unending