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Only Connect, & quot
Forster\'s key aphorism, informs this novel about an English country house, Howards End, and its influence on the lives of the wealthy and materialistic Wilcoxes; the cultured, idealistic Schlegel sisters; and the poor bank clerk Leonard Bast.
Bringing together people from different classes and nations by way of sympathetic insight and understanding, Howards End eloquently addresses the question & quot
Who shall inherit England?& quot; (Lionel Trilling).. & quot
Only Connect, & quot
Forster\'s key aphorism, informs this novel about an English country house, Howards End, and its influence on the lives of the wealthy and materialistic Wilcoxes; the cultured, idealistic Schlegel sisters; and the poor bank clerk Leonard Bast
