First published in 1910,Howards Endis the novel that earned E. M. Forster recognition as a major writer. Soon to be a limited series on Starz.

At its heart lie two familiesthe wealthy and business-minded Wilcoxes and the cultured and idealistic Schlegels. When the beautiful and independent Helen Schlegel begins an impetuous affair with the ardent Paul Wilcox, a series of events is sparkedsome very funny, some very tragicthat results in a dispute over who will inherit Howards End, the Wilcoxes’ charming country home.

As much about the clash between individual wills as the clash between the sexes and the classes,Howards Endis a novel whose central tenet, “Only connect,” remains a powerful prescription for modern life.