"Howards End" is a novel by "E.M Forster", which is a name of a house. Forster started writing it in 1908 and published in 1910. It is considered Forster's masterpiece work. It was given 38th position out of hundred novels in 1998.
About Author
E.M Forster was born in 1879 and died in 1970. He was an English fiction writer and essayist. Many of his novels examine class differences and hypocrisy, including "A Room With a View" (1908), "Howards End" (1910) and "A Passage to India" (1924). The last brought him his greatest success. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 16 separate years. Forster's two best known work, "A Passage to India" and "Howards End", explore the irreconcilability of class differences. A Room With a View also shows how questions of propriety and class can make human connection difficult.
Plot Summary
The story of Howards End revolves around three families in England at the beginning of the 20th century. The Wilcox family, it is a upper class family, its members are Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox with their children, Charles, Paul and Evie. The second is a middle class Schlegel family with three Schlegel siblings named Margaret, Helen and Tibby. The last is a lower class Basts family with Leonard and Jacky Bast.
The Wilcox and the Schlegel family meet each other at the first time during a tour of Germany. After this meeting, Helen, the younger sister of Schlegels goes to meet the Wilcoxes again at their home Howards End. Where, Helen and Paul, the younger son of Mr. Wilcox become engage in a relationship within twenty four hours but soon realizes their mistake and break up in the same day. From Howards End, Helen writes a series of letters to her sister Margaret by telling about all the members of Wilcox family and her attachment with Paul. When Margaret's aunt, Juley Munt hears about Helen's attachment with Paul, immediately, she goes to meet Helen. But after her departure, Margaret finds a telegram from Helen by telling that their relationship is now over.
After this incident, the Schlegel siblings visit the symphony with aunt Juley and their cousin. Helen leaves early and accidentally takes an umbrella that belongs to Leonard Bast from the lower class Bast family. Margaret invites Leonard at her home to retrieve his umbrella. After the symphony, Leonard accompanies Margaret to her home, where he observes Schlegels' grasp of art and culture in which he is also interested. Margaret asks him for tea but he refuses and returns with his umbrella for his cramped basement appartment, where he lives with a fallen woman Jacky, whom he promised to marry and support.
After sometime, the Wilcox family move to London and take an appartment near the Schlegel family. Ruth (Mrs. Wilcox) and Margaret become good friends because their thinking and ideas about life are same. Howards End is Ruth's old paternal house so, she has a deep attachment to this house but her children and husband have not the same attachment for the house. Ruth thinks that after her, Margaret is the only person who has sympathy and care for Howards End. So, when she becomes sick, she makes a will, in which she writes that after her death, Howards End will belong to Margaret. Ruth dies after her illness. When Henry (Mr. Wilcox) and his children find that will, they don't agree with it and burn the will.
Once again, Leonard meets Schlegel siblings when he stays out of his house all the night on a journey of nature. Schlegel siblings become impress by Leonard's journey into nature and because of his miserable condition, suppose to help the Basts. The Schlegels talk Mr. Wilcox to help together such lower class families like Basts. But Henry tells Margaret that the insurance company where Leonard works may go out of business so he should leave the job. Then, the Schlegels invite Leonard and give him this information, so that he could find another job.
After sometime, the Schlegels have to search a new house in London for which Henry helps Margaret. After some more meetings, Henry purposes Margaret to marry but Henry's children don't like this relationship and suspect that Margaret is plotting this marriage for their house Howards End. Henry buys a country manor in Oniton where Henry's daughter, Evie's wedding is going to be soon. In Evie's wedding, Helen arrives with the Bast family to tell Henry that because of his bad advice Leonard had to lose his job. Margaret tells Henry to give Leonard a job in his company but Henry recognizes Jacky Bast as his formal Mistress, whom he once married and then left. So, Henry denies to help the Basts family and confesses to Margaret about his formal relation with Jacky Bast. Margaret becomes shock but forgives Henry to save her relation. Because of Henry's refusal to help the Basts, Helen gets stress and spends a night with Leonard Bast and gets pregnant.
Later, Helen asks her brother, Tibby to send five pounds to the Basts but Leonard refuses to take any funds. Helen leaves England and decides to rise her child in Germany. Margaret and Henry get married but now Margaret begins to worry about her sister, who is away from England for a long time. When Margaret's aunt Juley Munt becomes ill then Helen comes to meet her aunt and also want to take some of her books which are in Howards End with Schlegels other belongings. Margaret and Henry think that Helen needs a doctor but she refuses to meet her sister. Still, when she meets Margaret and tells about her pregnancy, Margaret supports her sister and also tries to convince Henry about Helen but he doesn't understand and says that the Wilcoxes will have to face disgrace because of Helen. Margaret tells Henry to forgive Helen just like he was forgiven by her in Jacky's affair but he refuses to forgive Helen.
Leonard comes to confess Margaret about his misbehavior with Helen and also about her pregnancy, but he doesn't aware of Helen's presence in Howards End. But when, Charles Wilcox, the elder son of Mr. Wilcox sees Leonard coming into Howards End, he runs toward Leonard with a German sword to attack on him, because of family's scandal. When, Charles runs to attack on him, Leonard grabs onto a nearby bookcase and dies because of heart disease. Charles is sentenced to three years of prison and Henry feels guilty because of his son. At last, Henry wants to take a good decision that is to give Howards Ends' inheritance to Margaret as Ruth wished in her will. Henry welcomes Helen with her child in Howards End and says that after Margaret, Howards Ends' inheritance will go to Helen and her child. Thus, at last, all live together in Howards End happily by enjoying summer season.
About Author
E.M Forster was born in 1879 and died in 1970. He was an English fiction writer and essayist. Many of his novels examine class differences and hypocrisy, including "A Room With a View" (1908), "Howards End" (1910) and "A Passage to India" (1924). The last brought him his greatest success. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 16 separate years. Forster's two best known work, "A Passage to India" and "Howards End", explore the irreconcilability of class differences. A Room With a View also shows how questions of propriety and class can make human connection difficult.
Plot Summary
The story of Howards End revolves around three families in England at the beginning of the 20th century. The Wilcox family, it is a upper class family, its members are Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox with their children, Charles, Paul and Evie. The second is a middle class Schlegel family with three Schlegel siblings named Margaret, Helen and Tibby. The last is a lower class Basts family with Leonard and Jacky Bast.
The Wilcox and the Schlegel family meet each other at the first time during a tour of Germany. After this meeting, Helen, the younger sister of Schlegels goes to meet the Wilcoxes again at their home Howards End. Where, Helen and Paul, the younger son of Mr. Wilcox become engage in a relationship within twenty four hours but soon realizes their mistake and break up in the same day. From Howards End, Helen writes a series of letters to her sister Margaret by telling about all the members of Wilcox family and her attachment with Paul. When Margaret's aunt, Juley Munt hears about Helen's attachment with Paul, immediately, she goes to meet Helen. But after her departure, Margaret finds a telegram from Helen by telling that their relationship is now over.
After this incident, the Schlegel siblings visit the symphony with aunt Juley and their cousin. Helen leaves early and accidentally takes an umbrella that belongs to Leonard Bast from the lower class Bast family. Margaret invites Leonard at her home to retrieve his umbrella. After the symphony, Leonard accompanies Margaret to her home, where he observes Schlegels' grasp of art and culture in which he is also interested. Margaret asks him for tea but he refuses and returns with his umbrella for his cramped basement appartment, where he lives with a fallen woman Jacky, whom he promised to marry and support.
After sometime, the Wilcox family move to London and take an appartment near the Schlegel family. Ruth (Mrs. Wilcox) and Margaret become good friends because their thinking and ideas about life are same. Howards End is Ruth's old paternal house so, she has a deep attachment to this house but her children and husband have not the same attachment for the house. Ruth thinks that after her, Margaret is the only person who has sympathy and care for Howards End. So, when she becomes sick, she makes a will, in which she writes that after her death, Howards End will belong to Margaret. Ruth dies after her illness. When Henry (Mr. Wilcox) and his children find that will, they don't agree with it and burn the will.
Once again, Leonard meets Schlegel siblings when he stays out of his house all the night on a journey of nature. Schlegel siblings become impress by Leonard's journey into nature and because of his miserable condition, suppose to help the Basts. The Schlegels talk Mr. Wilcox to help together such lower class families like Basts. But Henry tells Margaret that the insurance company where Leonard works may go out of business so he should leave the job. Then, the Schlegels invite Leonard and give him this information, so that he could find another job.
After sometime, the Schlegels have to search a new house in London for which Henry helps Margaret. After some more meetings, Henry purposes Margaret to marry but Henry's children don't like this relationship and suspect that Margaret is plotting this marriage for their house Howards End. Henry buys a country manor in Oniton where Henry's daughter, Evie's wedding is going to be soon. In Evie's wedding, Helen arrives with the Bast family to tell Henry that because of his bad advice Leonard had to lose his job. Margaret tells Henry to give Leonard a job in his company but Henry recognizes Jacky Bast as his formal Mistress, whom he once married and then left. So, Henry denies to help the Basts family and confesses to Margaret about his formal relation with Jacky Bast. Margaret becomes shock but forgives Henry to save her relation. Because of Henry's refusal to help the Basts, Helen gets stress and spends a night with Leonard Bast and gets pregnant.
Later, Helen asks her brother, Tibby to send five pounds to the Basts but Leonard refuses to take any funds. Helen leaves England and decides to rise her child in Germany. Margaret and Henry get married but now Margaret begins to worry about her sister, who is away from England for a long time. When Margaret's aunt Juley Munt becomes ill then Helen comes to meet her aunt and also want to take some of her books which are in Howards End with Schlegels other belongings. Margaret and Henry think that Helen needs a doctor but she refuses to meet her sister. Still, when she meets Margaret and tells about her pregnancy, Margaret supports her sister and also tries to convince Henry about Helen but he doesn't understand and says that the Wilcoxes will have to face disgrace because of Helen. Margaret tells Henry to forgive Helen just like he was forgiven by her in Jacky's affair but he refuses to forgive Helen.
Leonard comes to confess Margaret about his misbehavior with Helen and also about her pregnancy, but he doesn't aware of Helen's presence in Howards End. But when, Charles Wilcox, the elder son of Mr. Wilcox sees Leonard coming into Howards End, he runs toward Leonard with a German sword to attack on him, because of family's scandal. When, Charles runs to attack on him, Leonard grabs onto a nearby bookcase and dies because of heart disease. Charles is sentenced to three years of prison and Henry feels guilty because of his son. At last, Henry wants to take a good decision that is to give Howards Ends' inheritance to Margaret as Ruth wished in her will. Henry welcomes Helen with her child in Howards End and says that after Margaret, Howards Ends' inheritance will go to Helen and her child. Thus, at last, all live together in Howards End happily by enjoying summer season.
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