Considered by many to be E. M. Forster ’s greatest novel, Howards End is a beautifully subtle tale of two very different families brought together by an unusual event. The Schlegels are intellectuals, devotees of art and literature. The Wilcoxes are practical and materialistic, leading lives of “telegrams and anger.” When the elder Mrs. Wilcox dies and her family discovers she has left their country home—Howards End—to one of the Schlegel sisters, a crisis between the two families is precipitated that takes years to resolve. Written in 1910, Howards End is a symbolic exploration of the social, economic, and intellectual forces at work in England in the years preceding World War I, a time when vast social changes were occurring. In the Schlegels and the Wilcoxes, Forster perfectly embodies the competing idealism and materialism of the upper classes, while the conflict over the ownership of Howards End represents the struggle for possession of the country’s future. As critic Lionel Trilling once noted, the novel asks, “Who shall inherit England?”
Forster refuses to take sides in this conflict. Instead he poses one of the book’s central questions: In a changing modern society, what should be the relation between the inner and outer life, between the world of the intellect and the world of business? Can they ever, as Forster urges, “only connect”?
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我琢磨了一下标题前面那个叹词，一开始，冲出脑门的是“唉…”，可这未免过于悲观；而后，是“哦…”，又过于欣喜。还是“嗯…”来得平实。海伦和玛格丽特是故事中的两位主人公，一对亲姐妹——身上流着日耳曼人血液的英国人，大龄的，知识女青年。是的，不是当今流行的“文艺...
評分因为写论文的原因，好容易登到一个中文版，好用来引用。本来以为人民文学出版社和苏福忠的名字能保证质量，结果发现很差，前言里面错误百出，基本的作者信息和作品信息都没有搞清楚。更糟的是名字都写错了，写成howard end. 对于国内一流出版社，“资深”编辑，搞出这种不负责...
評分个人觉得福斯特不是一个好的小说家，第一次读被长篇累牍的风景描写和不着边际的哲学语言弄得昏昏欲睡，几次释卷，又几次重拾。但是耐心细细读了几遍后，发现这本《霍华德庄园》可以称得上精彩。 小说情节其实一点都不乏味：妹妹和富家二少爷私定终生，但是后来又解除了婚约；...
評分这本书我看了两遍，正如作品介绍里说的这不是一部关于爱情的小说。 福斯特在20世纪初的英国文坛享有很高的声誉。但这部他早期最好的小说让我产生了疑问，他真的有那么好吗？ 总的来说写得还可以，但不能进入文学史上伟大小说的行列。故事简单，人物单薄，用词无甚亮点，爱情...
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