EAN: 9780553212082

HOWARDS END - EDWARD MORGAN FORSTER KARTONIERT ...

What makes this masterpiece a pure delight for contemporary readers is its vibrant portrait of
life in Edwardian England  and the wonderful characters who inhabit the charming old country
house in Hertfordshire called Howards End. This cozy house becomes the object of an inheritance
dispute between the upright conservative Wilcox family and the Schlegel sisters  Margaret and
Helen  sensitive and intuitive women loved by men willing to leap wide social barriers to
fulfill their ardor. Through romantic entanglements  disappearing wills  and sudden tragedy 
the conflict over the house emerges as a symbolic struggle for England's future. Rich with the
tradition  spirit  and wit distinctively English  Howards End is a remarkable novel of rare
insight and understanding. As in his celebrated A Passage to India  E. M. Forster brings to
vivid life a country and an era through the destinies of his unforgettable characters.

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