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Howards End：Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics

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AchanceacquaintancebringstogethertheprosperousbourgeoisWilcoxfamilyandtheclever,cultured,andidealisticSchlegelsisters.Asclear-eyedMargaretdevelopsafriendshipwithMrs.Wilcox,theimpetuousHelenbringsintotheirmidstayoungbankclerknamedLeonardBast,wholivesattheedgeofpovertyandruin.WhenMrs.Wilcoxdies,herfamilydiscoversthatshewantstoleavehercountryhome,HowardsEnd,toMargaret.ThusForstersetsinmotionachainofeventsthatwillentanglethreedifferentfamiliesandbrilliantlyportraystheiraspirationsforpersonalandsocialharmony.

作者简介

EdwardMorganForsterwasborninLondonin1879,attendedTonbridgeSchoolandwentontoKing'sCollege,Cambridgein1897,whereheretainedalifelongconnectionandwaselectedtoanHonoraryFellowshipin1946.Forsterwrotesixnovels.WhereAngelsFeartoTread'1905'TheLongestJourney'1907',ARoomwithaView'1908'andHowardsEnd'1910'wereallpublishedbeforetheFirstWorldWar.FourteenyearspassedbeforethepublicationofForster'smostfamouswork,APassagetoIndia,in1924.Maurice,hisnovelonahomosexualtheme,whichhecompetedin1914,waspublishedposthumouslyin1971.Hisotherworksincludeessays,biographies,shortstories,playsandacriticalwork,AspectsoftheNovel,asthelibrettoforBritten'soperaBillyBudd.E.M.ForsterdiedinJune1970.

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