"""Howards End. E.M. Forster. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1986 (first published 1910). Cover: detail from """"The Tea Table"""" by Edward Le Bas.  The disregard of a dying woman's bequest, a girl's attempt to help an impoverished clerk, and the marriage of an idealist and a materialist — all intersect at an estate called Howards End. The fate of this country home symbolizes the future of England in an exploration of social, economic, and philosophical trends during the post-Victorian era.     ..."""
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