
The story is a bit of a slow burn, but by the end all the threads of relationships, suspicions, socioeconomics, love, and inheritance, are woven together in a satisfying and interesting way.

Wilcox as its appendage, and England as its extension, are the emotional and thematic heart of the book. The house itself is often in the distance, but Howards End, Mrs.

But though the Schlegels, Wilcoxes, and Basts form a looser and more complicated ensemble cast, it is again the titular entity that frames the story.

This book took longer to grab me than Maurice, I’m thinking because I was expected a main character as strongly central as Maurice himself.
