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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Forster, E. M.

Forster, E. M.
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Character Analyses: Howards End

Margaret Schlegel:

She is twenty-nine when the book opens rational yet "impulsive,"
intellectual, sensitive, liberal, not especially pretty yet with an inner
radiance and joie de vivre that make her deeply attractive to those who know
and love her. Through her relationships with Henry, Helen, Mrs. Wilcox and
Leonard Bast she provides a kind of bridge, connecting the other, more
fragmented characters with each other (see essay questions and answers).

Helen Schlegel:

Twenty-one at the outset, more intense and impulsive ...

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