Guide Note:
Howards End depicts the lives of three middle-class families - one rich, one intellectual, and one impecunious - in England at the beginning of the twentieth century. Through the interaction of the Wilcoxes, Schlegels and Basts, E. M. Forster examines what for him was the crucial question: will England become a materialistic and divided society, or a caring and connected one.
Fast Facts:
- Author: Edward Morgan Forster
- Date published: 1910
- Setting: London and rural England
- Time: Early twentieth century
- Main character: Margaret Schlegel
- The house Howards End was based on Rooknest, Forster's childhood home
- The motto of the novel is "Only connect"