A meticulously-observed drama of class warfare, E.M. Forster's "Howards End" explores the conflict inherent within English society, unveiling the character of a nation as never before. This "Penguin Classics" edition includes an introduction and notes by David Lodge. 'Only connect...' A chance acquaintance brings together the preposterous bourgeois Wilcox family and the clever,...
A meticulously-observed drama of class warfare, E.M. Forster's "Howards End" explores the conflict inherent within English society, unveiling the character of a nation as never before. This "Penguin Classics" edition includes an introduction and notes by David Lodge. 'Only connect...' A chance acquaintance brings together the preposterous bourgeois Wilcox family and the clever, cultured and idealistic Schlegel sisters. As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs Wilcox, the impetuous Helen brings into their midst a young bank clerk named Leonard Bast, who lives at the edge of poverty and ruin. When Mrs Wilcox dies, her family discovers that she wants to leave her country home, Howards End, to Margaret. Thus as Forster sets in motion a chain of events that will entangle three different families, he brilliantly portrays their aspirations to personal and social harmony. David Lodge's introduction provides an absorbing and eloquent overture to the 1910 novel that established Forster's reputation as an important writer, and that he himself later referred to as 'my best novel'. This edition also contains a note on the text, suggestions for further reading, and explanatory notes. E. M. Forster (1879-1970) was a noted English author and critic and a member of the Bloomsbury group. His first novel, "Where Angels Fear To Tread" appeared in 1905. "The Longest Journey" appeared in 1907, followed by "A Room With A View" (1908), based partly on the material from extended holidays in Italy with his mother. "Howards End" (1910) was a story that centered on an English country house and dealt with the clash between two families, one interested in art and literature, the other only in business. "Maurice" was revised several times during his life, and finally published posthumously in 1971. If you enjoyed "Howard's End", you might like Forster's "A Room with a View", also available in "Penguin Classics".
E•M•福斯特（Edward Morgan Forster，1879—1970），英国著名小说家、散文家和批评家，著名的人道主义者，毕业于剑桥大学国王学院，后被母校聘为荣誉研究员。主要作品有长篇小说《天使不敢涉足的地方》（1905）、《最漫长的旅程》（1907）、《看得见风景的房间》（1908）、《霍华德庄园》（1910）、《莫瑞斯》（创作于1913—1914年，1971年作者逝世后出版）、《印度之行》（1924）；两部短篇小说集《天国公共马车》（1911）和《永恒的瞬间》（1928），后合为《福斯特短篇小说集》（1947）；以及广受好评的小说评论专著《小说面面观》（1927，原为在剑桥大学的系列演讲）。
E•M•福斯特（Edward Morgan Forster，1879—1970），英国著名小说家、散文家和批评家，著名的人道主义者，毕业于剑桥大学国王学院，后被母校聘为荣誉研究员。主要作品有长篇小说《天使不敢涉足的地方》（1905）、《最漫长的旅程》（1907）、《看得见风景的房间》（1908）、《霍华德庄园》（1910）、《莫瑞斯》（创作于1913—1914年，1971年作者逝世后出版）、《印度之行》（1924）；两部短篇小说集《天国公共马车》（1911）和《永恒的瞬间》（1928），后合为《福斯特短篇小说集》（1947）；以及广受好评的小说评论专著《小说面面观》（1927，原为在剑桥大学的系列演讲）。
‘… The truth is that there is a great outer life that you and I have never touched — a life in which telegrams and anger count. Personal relations, that we think are supreme, are not supreme there. There love means marriage settlements; death, death duties. So far I’m clear. But here’s my difficulty. This outer life, though obviously horrid, often seems the real one — there’s grit in it. It does breed character. Do personal relations lead to sloppiness in the end?’
‘Oh, Meg, that’s what I felt, only not so clearly, when the Welcomes were so competent, and seemed to have their hans on all the ropes.’
‘Don’t you fell it now?’
‘I remember Paul at breakfast,’ said Helen quietly. ‘I shall never forget him. He had nothing to fall back upon. I know that personal relations are the real life, for e... (查看原文)
'Do you imply that we Germans are stupid, Uncle Ernst?" exclaimed a haughty and magnificent nephew. Uncle Ernst replied:’To my mind. You use the intellect, but you no longer care about it. That I call stupidity.’ As the haughty nephew did not follow, he continued:’You only care about the things that you can use, and therefore arrange them in the following order: money, supremely useful; intellect, rather useful; imagination, of no use at all. No’ — for the other had protested — ‘your Pan-Germanism is no more imaginative than is our Imperialism over here. It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness, to think that a thousand square miles are a thousand times more wonderful than one square mile, and that a million square miles are almost the same as heaven. That is not imaginati... (查看原文)
E. M. Forster's 'Condition of England' novel, Howards End, problematises the international and domestic circumstances of Edwardian England and Englishness. Based on the sense of inconsistencies betwee...E. M. Forster's 'Condition of England' novel, Howards End, problematises the international and domestic circumstances of Edwardian England and Englishness. Based on the sense of inconsistencies between the Schlegels and the Wilcoxes, Forster's work investigates the pathologies of Edwardian England and Englishness. (展开)
At first I thought it is a love story and the man whose unbrella was taken by Helen carelessly will fall in love with one of Schlegel sisters and all of them will live in Wickham Place happily ever after. Soon I realized I must be wrong. First of all, even ...
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0 有用 Decem 2021-12-12 23:43:28
4.25 福斯特洞察力真的是惊人，对于贫富的讨论我深深折服，但同时很温柔，很怀希望，这真的是难得的组合：Leonard真的是塑造的很好的角色，通过他对于贫富的批判真的是...只有富人才有信任他人这个特权，还有在庸俗的生活中会自卑，觉得自己没法跟有学问熏陶的小姐们比，生活中的小事情（比如丢了伞）就足以让他没法聚焦精神世界，把跟有文化的小姐们聊天当作是他庸俗生活中的寄托，不想把她们跟庸俗的生活连接..... 4.25 福斯特洞察力真的是惊人，对于贫富的讨论我深深折服，但同时很温柔，很怀希望，这真的是难得的组合：Leonard真的是塑造的很好的角色，通过他对于贫富的批判真的是...只有富人才有信任他人这个特权，还有在庸俗的生活中会自卑，觉得自己没法跟有学问熏陶的小姐们比，生活中的小事情（比如丢了伞）就足以让他没法聚焦精神世界，把跟有文化的小姐们聊天当作是他庸俗生活中的寄托，不想把她们跟庸俗的生活连接...要是几年前的我看到估计会感觉看到了自己...Leonard最后被压死在曾经给过他希望的书下面流泪😢真是讽刺，他的庸俗生活能被升华成悲剧是最好的结局了；还有福斯特寥寥几笔就能勾勒出人物也是厉害，比如用书包围自己，不能说自私，但完全食人间烟火的Tibby.. (展开)
0 有用 Ichi 2024-03-08 22:47:22 北京
帝国的男人必须杀死有诗人气质的、苍白、纤细的男人:Septimus, Leonard
0 有用 好养活 2017-07-22 03:35:35
电影没很看懂就找了小说来帮助理解。果然满满内心戏…………以及对London和Rich的那些语句简直字字见血给深跪。。。
0 有用 依隐于世 2020-03-06 10:08:16
批判得过于露骨，又有些矫揉造作的朦胧。诗情酒意远不敌天公翻云覆雨手，这种悲情的斗争远该有个更好的故事来表达世事的哀凉
0 有用 至秦 2020-05-03 06:52:56
结尾写得太着急了，但是其他真的是好
0 有用 Ichi 2024-03-08 22:47:22 北京
帝国的男人必须杀死有诗人气质的、苍白、纤细的男人:Septimus, Leonard
0 有用 #ArtfulDodger# 2024-01-28 21:25:38 四川
不完美的杰作。这次重读彻底明白了为什么福斯特会抱怨英国读者对小说要有刺激情节的期待，小说表层的情节，恋爱，未婚生育，大额财富的归属都是他在回应读者的期待，对写大家想读的故事，他真正想表达的内容总是暗号一般回环绵延地嵌在文本中。
0 有用 redphobiia 2022-09-07 23:22:02
住在象牙塔里的中上层阶级的无病呻吟，全书只有Leonard的死打动了我，what a heavenly way to die
0 有用 琳达姐姐的航仔 2022-03-22 16:30:22
E. M. Forster's 'Condition of England' novel, Howards End, problematises the international and domestic circumstances of Edwardian England and Englishness. Based on the sense of inconsistencies betwee... E. M. Forster's 'Condition of England' novel, Howards End, problematises the international and domestic circumstances of Edwardian England and Englishness. Based on the sense of inconsistencies between the Schlegels and the Wilcoxes, Forster's work investigates the pathologies of Edwardian England and Englishness. (展开)
0 有用 Decem 2021-12-12 23:43:28
4.25 福斯特洞察力真的是惊人，对于贫富的讨论我深深折服，但同时很温柔，很怀希望，这真的是难得的组合：Leonard真的是塑造的很好的角色，通过他对于贫富的批判真的是...只有富人才有信任他人这个特权，还有在庸俗的生活中会自卑，觉得自己没法跟有学问熏陶的小姐们比，生活中的小事情（比如丢了伞）就足以让他没法聚焦精神世界，把跟有文化的小姐们聊天当作是他庸俗生活中的寄托，不想把她们跟庸俗的生活连接..... 4.25 福斯特洞察力真的是惊人，对于贫富的讨论我深深折服，但同时很温柔，很怀希望，这真的是难得的组合：Leonard真的是塑造的很好的角色，通过他对于贫富的批判真的是...只有富人才有信任他人这个特权，还有在庸俗的生活中会自卑，觉得自己没法跟有学问熏陶的小姐们比，生活中的小事情（比如丢了伞）就足以让他没法聚焦精神世界，把跟有文化的小姐们聊天当作是他庸俗生活中的寄托，不想把她们跟庸俗的生活连接...要是几年前的我看到估计会感觉看到了自己...Leonard最后被压死在曾经给过他希望的书下面流泪😢真是讽刺，他的庸俗生活能被升华成悲剧是最好的结局了；还有福斯特寥寥几笔就能勾勒出人物也是厉害，比如用书包围自己，不能说自私，但完全食人间烟火的Tibby.. (展开)