“Only connect...” the novel‘s most famous quote, serves as the epigraph of the novel and a summary of its main theme: the ability (or inability) of individuals to connect meaningfully across various social, economic and ideological divisions of Edwardian England.

Connecting “the prose and the passion” - the ordinary and conventional with the sensuous and erotic - drives this story, the finest (IMHO) of Forster‘s novels.

A must read.