Howards End
- 343
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- Film 1992 +1
- On screen
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Our view
“Howards End” follows two sisters through an England bound by social convention and ends up deeply moving. Forster tells of the Schlegels and their entanglements through a plot that can still surprise, in prose that reads with ease. Some readers find the early chapters slow, with characters who argue positions rather than live, and the man at the centre of the love story hard to tolerate.
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About the book
Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster, first published in 1910, about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. Howards End is considered by many to be Forster's masterpiece. The book was conceived in June 1908 and worked on throughout the following year; it was completed in July 1910.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 2 times — from 1992 to 2017.
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 122 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 45% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.6 | 10 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 112 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is Howards End?
It has 343 pages — longer than 73% of the ranked books in Classics.
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