![]() The plot concerns two sisters, Margaret and Helen Schlegel, wealthy, independent and intellectual, who enjoy a privileged life filled with music, theatre, literature and art. He had published three other novels earlier, Where Angels Fear To Tread (1905), The Longest Journey (1907) and A Room With a View (1908) but none of them had been received with so much acclaim. Howard's End was published in 1910 and it marked Forster's first taste of critical and commercial success. ![]() Yet, these adaptations have spurred many a fascinated viewer into going back to the library and finding the book that the film or miniseries was based on and this is ultimately the power of Forster's literary appeal. ![]() "It's sad, but true to say that today Edward Morgan Forster's works are known more from their film and television adaptations rather than from their original novels. ![]()
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