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4. Description &ampampLDIV&ampampR&ampampLDIV&ampampR&ampampLI&ampampRHowards End&ampampL/I&ampampR, by &ampampLB&ampampRE. M. Forster&ampampL/B&ampampR, is part of the &ampampLI&ampampRBarnes &ampNoble Classics&ampampL/I&ampampR&ampampLI&ampampR &ampampL/I&ampampRseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of &ampampLI&ampampRBarnes &ampNoble Classics&ampampL/I&ampampR: &ampampLDIV&ampampRNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices &ampGlossaries, when appropriate&ampampLP style=&quotMARIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quotamp&ampRAlleditions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications some include illustrations of historical interest. &ampampLI&ampampRBarnes &ampNoble Classics &ampampL/I&ampampRpulls together a constellation of influences&8213bioraphical, historical, and literary&8213toenrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.&ampampL/P&ampampR&ampampL/DIV&ampampR&ampampL/DIV&ampampR&ampampL/DIV&ampampR&ampampL DIV&ampampR &ampampL/DIV&ampampR&ampampLDIV&ampampRConsidered by many to be &ampampLB&ampampRE. M. Forster&ampampL/B&ampampR&8217sgreatest novel, &ampampLI&ampampRHowards End&ampampL/I&ampampR 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 &8220telgrams and anger.&8221When the elder Mrs. Wilcox dies and her family discovers she has left their country home&8213Howrds End&8213toone of the Schlegel sisters, a crisis between the two families is precipitated that takes years to resolve. &ampampLP&ampampRWritten in 1910, &ampampLI&ampampRHowards End&ampampL/I&ampampR 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&8217sfuture. As critic Lionel Trilling once noted, the novel asks, &8220Whoshall inherit England?&8221&ampampL/P&ampampR&ampampLP&ampampRForster refuses to take sides in this conflict. Instead he poses one of the book&8217scentral questions: In a changing modern society, what should be the relation between the inner and outer

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