I didn't really enjoy both novels. For each of them all interest in the book waned about half way through. None of the romantic relationships felt realistic to me, and the various amount of characters were unlikable or just walking caricatures. There was no growth for the protagonists even though they said they had changed as people. Good prose, but nothing that could keep my interest.

This is a fantastic book about a character (and frankly, the author) who is emerging from the Victorian era in England, and plunging into the 20th century. It demonstrates the changes in class, women's rights, and propriety through the eyes of a young girl. It starts of slowly, but becomes very compelling.

Howards End is one of my favorite novels. Enough said.

EM Forster is brilliant! He's a gifted story teller.