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First edition, first impression, first issue, in unusually bright condition. A social novel exploring class, gender, sexuality, and nationality in early 20th-century Britain, it is considered one of the author's best works and "the one which firmly established his reputation among his contemporaries as an important writer" (Lodge, p. ix). Howards End is known especially for its epigraph "Only connect", a motif that can be traced throughout the story. "The novel is built upon many antagonisms, it contrasts traditional values and modern developments. Forster describes different characters, lifestyles, and values in order to show what he considered as important, the connection of past and present, but also on the personal level, the connection of people, even if from different classes. The aim was to convey the reader the necessity of connection, the need to connect what has become disconnected, in order to attain an integral life" (Schöller, p. 2). The book was made into an Academy Award-winning film in 1992, starring Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins. The first issue was bound with four integral pages of publisher's adverts; in the second issue, an additional eight pages of advertisements were inserted. Kirkpatrick A4a. David Lodge, ed., Howards End, 200; Mieke Schöller, "Howards End by E. M. Forster: 'Only Connect!'", Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Proseminar "The Edwardian Novelists", 2001. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, bottom edge uncut. With 4 pp. of publisher's advertisements at end. Spine just slightly faded, cloth and gilt otherwise bright, corners sometime discreetly retouched with color, crease to front free endpaper, contents slightly foxed: a near-fine copy.

Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster, which tells the story of social conventions, codes of conduct, and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. It discusses class struggle, friendship, and human connection. The novel is widely recognized as one of Forster's best works.