Robert E Lee
12-13-2003, 07:31 PM
I just cannot stand this genre of English literature. The only two novels I have quit reading before being even halfway done in the past year were Point Counter-Point by Aldous Huxley and Howards End by E.M. Forster. Although the former is more of an experimental satire, it still bears the agonizing characteristics of the novel of manners. It was absolutely atrocious, too bad for words in fact. I stopped reading it after 15 pages.
As for Howards End I almost reached the halfway point (after a month). I just couldn't connect (pardon the pun) with the themes explored in the book. So, Mr Forster, there are two conflicting types of aristocrats in turn of the century England: the materialists and the intellectuals. So what? Who the hell cares? The characters' dinner party discussions never even touch something deeper than our day's stoner philosophy.
A few months prior to attempting to read Howards End I saw the film directed by James Ivory, one of my favorite directors. I couldn't sit through even one hour of it. Argh.
As for Howards End I almost reached the halfway point (after a month). I just couldn't connect (pardon the pun) with the themes explored in the book. So, Mr Forster, there are two conflicting types of aristocrats in turn of the century England: the materialists and the intellectuals. So what? Who the hell cares? The characters' dinner party discussions never even touch something deeper than our day's stoner philosophy.
A few months prior to attempting to read Howards End I saw the film directed by James Ivory, one of my favorite directors. I couldn't sit through even one hour of it. Argh.