Howards End

De: E.M. Forster

Narrado por: Nadia May

A vibrant portrait of Edwardian England, Howards End examines personal relationships and conflicting values. The Schlegel sisters, Margaret and Helen, and their brother, Tibby, place their values in civilized living, music, literature, and conversation with their friends. The Wilcoxes, Henry and his children Charles, Paul, and Evie, are concerned with the business side of life and distrust emotions and imagination.

Howards End, a charming country house in Hertfordshire that belonged to Henry Wilcox's first wife, becomes the object of an inheritance dispute between the Wilcox family and the Schlegel sisters. Through romantic entanglements, disappearing wills, and sudden tragedy, the conflict over the house emerges as a symbolic struggle for England's very future.

(P)2006 Blackstone Audiobooks

Classic story

Well read, but took a couple chapters to get used to the style of the performance. Loved the story!

Excellent

If I continue to listen to these very wonderful English performances, because they are performances, I shall develop a decidedly English accent.

Just a great entertainment!!!

A Must!

While I loved the 1992 movie adaptation of this book, with stellar performances by an unforgettable cast, the book delves in with so much more detail, depth leaving many questions open-ended and left for the reader to contemplate and answer individually. Not only is the question of class distinctions held up for scrutiny, so is gender disparity and the entire concept of gentrification, shining a light on the dignity and value of work for its own sake, along with holistic education verses abstracting and/or rote memorization and skimming along the surface of great authors' ideals.

Forster's novel, Howards End, is a multi-coursed banquet of life lessons to consider, ponder, and "connect" with. I cannot gush over this masterful literary work enough! If you haven't read it yet, it timeless and should be part of everyone's soul!

Frustration on Women's Role in Society

Saw the series on PBS and wanted to hear the book version; so glad I did.

Couldn't Finish

I could not understand the narrator, even after slowing the speed. I finally gave up.

wonderful writing

I loved the Merchant Ivory film and the book of course is much deeper and more developed.

Longer than Necessary

I probably wouldn't have finished this if I were reading it like normal. It was quite drawn out. Things are wrapped up and addressed well in the end, but it took to long to arrive there. I enjoyed elements of it, but the philosophizing was not to my taste.

Tiresome

The narrator had the same voice all over! Found it boring after a while! Couldn’t finish it. Too many details!

Genius

Brilliant - Beautifully written, insightful, predictive in so many ways of the future of the 21st century.

Wonderful

A great story about class and the changing attitudes about women during the late Victorian Age.