Matthew Macfadyen didn’t leap at the chance to play Henry Wilcox, patriarch of EM Forster’s Howards End, in the BBC’s latest literary adaptation. After years of service in a frock coat ...

After Mrs. Wilcox’s death, her family is surprised by her final request regarding Howards End. The Schlegels face eviction from their home at Wickham Place. The Schlegel sisters take up the ...