This novel by Forster was published in 1910 and like many books of the period deals with evolving social views and conventions and the conflict between the rational and the emotional. Forster uses the complex web of relationships between various members of the Schlegel and Wilcox family involving three generations and a dozen characters for his tableaux. While the Schlegel sisters concern themselves with literature, the arts, and ideas, the Wilcoxes see the world through the prism of business and conventional outlook. As these families come into conflict, their differences are drawn out and the conflict between stability and reason on the one hand and emotion and passion on the other are played out in human terms.
This novel by Forster was published in 1910 and like many books of the period deals with evolving social views and conventions and the conflict between the rational and the emotional. Forster uses the complex web of relationships between various members of the Schlegel and Wilcox family involving three generations and a dozen characters for his tableaux. While the Schlegel sisters concern themselves with literature, the arts, and ideas, the Wilcoxes see the world through the prism of business and conventional outlook. As these families come into conflict, their differences are drawn out and the conflict between stability and reason on the one hand and emotion and passion on the other are played out in human terms.
