![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Although elements of the plot construction have been problematic for some critics, opinion of his character creation and development is almost unanimously given the highest praise. Howards End has been called a parable indeed, its symbolism reaches almost mythic proportions at various points in the novel. His humanistic values and interest in personal relationships inform all of his novels, and are revealed in the major themes of Howards End: connection between the inner and outer life and between people, the future of England, and class conflicts. As a member of the upper-middle class, Forster had keen insight into its attitudes and social mores, which he expertly rendered in Howards End. Like all of Forster's early novels, Howards End concerns itself with Edwardian society. Forster's novels are all considered classics, with Howards End and A Passage to India regarded as his best works. But fourteen years would elapse before the publication of A Passage to India, which would also be the last novel published during his lifetime. Forster had arrived as an important author, and the public and critics eagerly anticipated his next novel. When Howards End was published in 1910, critics generally agreed it surpassed E. ![]()
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