Muntin HOWARDS END, though thrown in largely to
amuse us, bring a breath offresh air in with them.
Thereal current of the heros existence took, very
likely, a differentcourse.
That is why I have always been soproud to be called
highbrow. Thus when the moment of illuminationcomes we accept it implicitly. Lytton
Strachey came to birth as an authorat a lucky moment. The widow and the friends were
hard taskmasters.
Muntin HOWARDS END, though thrown in largely to
amuse us, bring a breath offresh air in with them.
There must be money in teaching and inwriting books
about Shakespeare. We feel simply that thething we are looking at is lit up, and its
depths revealed. The admirable Tibby and the exquisite Mrs.
His old maids, his clergy,are the most lifelike we
have had since Jane Austen laid down the pen.
Isthat why you prefer the middlebrow version of
what they have theimpudence to call real humanity?
Such moments of disillusionment havethe habit of
coming when Mr. IVMany years passed before A PASSAGE TO INDIA appeared. The house is
still the house of the Britishmiddle classes. Forstersgifts differently and to
restrict him to write comedy only. IVMany years passed before A PASSAGE TO INDIA
appeared. It is a relief, for atime, to be beyond the influence of Cambridge. I go
to my wardrobe and consider, ratherlugubriously, what is the right thing to
wear?
That is why, if I could be more of ahighbrow I
would. We qualify these statements,for indeed we are not quite sure whether we have
guessed aright. This brings me to another point which is also surprisingly
overlooked. They are subject to changes of opinion;opinions change as the times
change. Then I dislike bound volumes of the classics behind plate glass. Had
Florence Nightingale received the Order of Merit in herbedroom or in her sitting
room?
One slim volume indeed contains all that he has
allowed himself of purefantasy.
Again we have thesense that there is some
perversity in Mr.