A vibrant portrait of life in Edwardian England, and the wonderful characters who inhabit the charming old country house in Hertfordshire called Howards End.
The inheritance of Howards End, a house in the Herefordshire countryside, is the source of conflict between three distinctly different social families.
The inheritance of the English property Howards End causes conflict among the wealthy Wilcox family, the cultured Schlegel sisters, and the poorer Leonard Bast at the end of the Edwardian era.
A charming, young English woman is soon at war with the snobbery of her class and her own desires when she finds herself attracted to someone socially unsuitable.
The friendships formed between Miss Adela Quested, Mrs. Moore, and Cyril Fielding, all English newcomers to India, and Indian physician Dr. Aziz, are subjected to a brutal test when Adela falsely accuses Aziz of sexually assaulting her.