Howards End (version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Howards End (version 2), credited to E.M. Forster, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

The Schlegels frequently encounter the Wilcoxes. The youngest, Helen, is rejected by the younger Wilcox brother, Paul. The eldest, Margaret, becomes friends with his mother Ruth Wilcox. Ruth’s most prized personal possession is her family house at Howards End. She wishes that Margaret could live there, as she feels that it might be in good hands with her. Ruth’s own husband and children do not value the house and its rich history, because such abstractions, while being very dear to Margaret, are lost to them. As she is terminally ill, and Margaret and her family are about to be evicted from their London home by a developer, Ruth bequeaths the cottage to Margaret in a handwritten note found among her effects when she dies, causing great consternation among the Wilcoxes. Mrs Wilcox’s widowed husband Henry and his children burn the note without telling Margaret about her inheritance. However, over the course of several years, Margaret becomes friends with Henry Wilcox and eventually marries him. The more free-spirited Margaret tries to get Henry to open up more, to little effect. Henry’s elder son Charles and his wife try to keep Margaret from taking possession of Howards End. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Howards End (version 2)
• Author credits: E.M. Forster
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 44
• Listed recording duration: 12:18:32

Catalogue topics

• Forster
• Modern literature
• modern novel

Opening tracks: first 24 of 44

1. Chapter 01 — 9:33
2. Chapter 02 — 17:12
3. Chapter 03 — 18:42
4. Chapter 04 — 17:37
5. Chapter 05 — 29:59
6. Chapter 06 — 21:43
7. Chapter 07 — 17:36
8. Chapter 08 — 17:23
9. Chapter 09 — 11:44
10. Chapter 10 — 17:43
11. Chapter 11 — 36:36
12. Chapter 12 — 15:44
13. Chapter 13 — 15:22
14. Chapter 14 — 20:35
15. Chapter 15 — 24:27
16. Chapter 16 — 21:11
17. Chapter 17 — 14:30
18. Chapter 18 — 18:58
19. Chapter 19 — 18:10
20. Chapter 20 — 21:07
21. Chapter 21 — 3:53
22. Chapter 22 — 17:09
23. Chapter 23 — 19:47
24. Chapter 24 — 9:01

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