Leonard Bast
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Leonard Bast is a lower-middle-class insurance clerk and aspiring intellectual in E.M. Forster’s novel "Howards End," whose struggles highlight the era’s class tensions and social injustices.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in a novel
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Howards End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aspiration |
cultural refinement
ⓘ
self-improvement ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | accident at Howards End house ⓘ |
| characterArc | downward social and economic mobility ⓘ |
| characterRole | aspiring intellectual ⓘ |
| creator | E. M. Forster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathInWork | Howards End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| interest |
literature
ⓘ
music ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Edwardian literature ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contrast with the Schlegel sisters
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contrast with the Wilcox family ⓘ depiction of precarious lower-middle-class life ⓘ |
| occupation | insurance clerk ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
insecure
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proud ⓘ sensitive ⓘ |
| publicationContext | Howards End (1910) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithHelenSchlegel | romantic involvement ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithHenryWilcox | victim of bad advice ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithJackyBast | husband ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithMargaretSchlegel | beneficiary of concern ⓘ |
| relationshipWith |
Helen Schlegel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry Wilcox NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacky Bast NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Schlegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| socialClass | lower-middle class ⓘ |
| spouse | Jacky Bast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
costs of social inequality
ⓘ
vulnerability of the lower-middle class ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
class tensions
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cultural aspiration ⓘ economic insecurity ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
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