{"product_id":"howards-end","title":"Howards End","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnly connect. Three words. A lifetime of longing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eE.M. Forster's masterpiece is a novel about who gets to own England—and who gets left behind when the door closes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Schlegel sisters, Margaret and Helen, are idealistic, intellectual, and comfortably upper-middle-class. They believe in art, conversation, and the goodness of humanity. The Wilcox family, by contrast, believes in money, empire, and the firm handshake of commerce. When the two families collide over a house in the countryside—Howards End, a weathered old place with a wych-elm tree and a hayfield—their differences crack open into something far larger than real estate. At stake is nothing less than the soul of England itself. Can the Schlegels' tenderness and the Wilcoxes' pragmatism ever truly connect? Or are some chasms too wide to bridge?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Forster at his most wise and melancholy: a novel about class, property, and the people who fall through the cracks of both. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHowards End\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e endures because it knows that \"only connect\" is not a platitude—it is the hardest thing any of us will ever try to do.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrequently ranked among the greatest novels of the 20th century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExplores timeless themes of class, gender, empire, and the meaning of home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe source of the famous epigraph \"Only connect\"—and one of literature's most heartbreaking final sentences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who has ever tried, and failed, and tried again to connect.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003eE.M. Forster\u003cspan\u003e (1879–1970) was an English novelist, essayist, and librettist, best known for his novels exploring class, hypocrisy, and the struggle for human connection in Edwardian England. His major works include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhere Angels Fear to Tread\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1905), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Longest Journey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1907), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Room with a View\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1908), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHowards End\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1910), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1924), which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Forster was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 16 different years. After 1924, he published no further novels, devoting himself instead to criticism and biography, including the posthumously published \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaurice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1971), a groundbreaking novel about homosexual love written in 1913–14. Forster was a humanist, a secular thinker, and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. 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