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What famous motto is associated with E.M. Forster's Howards End?

A"Love conquers all"

B"Only connect"

C"Divide and rule"

D"Time heals all wounds"

Answer:

B. "Only connect"

Read Explanation:

"Howards End" (1910):

  • A study of class divisions in England centered around three families: the Schlegels (intellectuals), the Wilcoxes (capitalists), and the Basts (lower middle class).

  • Famous quote: "Only connect!"

  • A Room with a View (1908) and Howards End (1910), secured his place as one of the leading British writers of his generation

  • He was a comic moralist, a writer interested in exploring conflicts between ideologies that oftentimes resulted in melodrama. In Howards End, for instance, Forster used the tension between the Schlegel family, exemplars of liberalism and bohemianism, and the Wilcoxes, plutocratic businessmen, as a means to structure his plot and subtly explore the various possible stances towards life of the modern period.ife of the modern period.ife of the modern period.


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