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Howards End
Dec 2, 2025 9:33 AM

Author:E. M. Forster

Howards End

The Penguin English Library Edition of Howards End by E. M. Forster

'The poor cannot always reach those whom they want to love, and they can hardly ever escape from those whom they love no longer. We rich can'

'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. 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.

Frequently cited as E. M. Forster's finest work, Howards End brilliantly explores class warfare, conflict and the English character.

The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

Reviews

These lectures are astonishing for their lucidity and power

—— Wall Street Journal

Berlin at his best: forceful without being bombastic, energetic without exaggerating, erudite without showing off

—— Peter Watson , Times Higher Educational Supplement

This is one of the most important books on the history of ideas in Berlin's oeuvre... Extremely compelling

—— Mark Lilla, University of Chicago

This is a brilliantly chilling read. All about obsession and delusion and the madness that love can induce. It had me up until 3am, gasping to the end

—— Jo Whiley

Will keep you guessing about its characters fates until the very end

—— Candis Magazine

Dark, often funny but sometimes unnerving

—— Woman & Home

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned indeed! Honest... gripping... well-written

—— Essentials Magazine

Sad, shocking, but darkly funny, this diary-style tale of a crazed, broken-hearted woman is riveting

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Gripping debut

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—— Lisa Jewell

Waldman imagines a toxic brew of bigotry in conflict with idealism in this frighteningly plausible and tightly wound account of what might happen if a Muslim architect had won a contest to design a memorial at the World Trade Center site...Waldman keenly focuses on political and social variables...As misguided outrage flows from all corners, Waldman addresses with a refreshing frankness thorny moral questions and ethical ironies without resorting to breathless hyperbole.

—— Publisher’s Weekly, starred review

A wonderful novel which challenges your beliefs.

—— The Sun

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—— marashapiro.com

5 out of 5 stars: I can’t wait to see how the series will end.

—— vampsweresandcassay.com

I was really grabbed by the narrative voice and I was fasincated by the story ... what a story!

—— Charlaine Harris, author of the True Blood series

Bodice-ripping romp through the West

—— Times

Missy by Strong and memorable female characters throughout this enjoyable novel

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