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Book Club Discusses Howards End
Dominican University’s Book Club will meet on Thursday, November 17 to discuss E. M. Forster’s Howards End. The book club meets at 7:00 p.m. in Room 003 of the Rebecca Crown Library on the main campus, 7900 W. Division Street, River Forest.Howards End follows the intertwined fortunes of the Schlegel sisters, Margaret and Helen, and the Wilcox family over the course of several years. The Schlegels are classic bohemians, intellectuals devoted to the arts and living modestly off their father’s inheritance. The Wilcoxes, however, are unapologetically bourgeois, materialistic and devoted to reason over passion.
Their lives become intertwined when Margaret is bequeathed the Wilcox’s country manor, Howards End, following the untimely demise of Mrs. Wilcox. Ultimately, Margaret grows to appreciate, fall in love and marry the widowed Henry Wilcox.
Set in the early 20th century, Howards End is a brilliant exploration of class, nationality, economic status and their affect on personal relationships.
For more information about Dominican University’s Book Club, contact Mary Pat Fallon at (708) 524-6870 or at mpfallon@dom.edu.
Founded in 1901, Dominican University is a comprehensive, coeducational Catholic institution offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Dominican offers 50 undergraduate academic programs in the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences and 17 graduate programs through the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the School of Business, the School of Education, the Graduate School of Social Work, and the Institute for Adult Learning. In the 2006 issue of America’s Best Colleges, U.S. News & World Report again ranked Dominican University in the top tier of Midwest master’s level universities and as a “best value” for the eighth consecutive year.
“As a student I wanted an intimate community. As an aspiring journalist I wanted a big city. Dominican gave me both—and so much more.”
Tracy Samantha
Schmidt
2005
TIME Magazine
