English Literature / Unit 16 ENL 1525 short lesson, about 20 seconds
A Passage to India and Howards End
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The idea
Howards End, of nineteen ten, whose epigraph is "Only connect," brings the cultured Schlegel sisters into contact with the capitalist Wilcoxes. A Passage to India, of nineteen twenty-four, set under the British Raj, follows Dr Aziz, Mrs Moore and Adela Quested to a disastrous misunderstanding.
In practice
Only connect; the Raj.
Where people slip
Both novels test connection across divides.
Your place on the trail
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