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Title: Better under the original title: Howard's End
Review: As gifted a writer as Zadie Smith is, she disappoints in "On Beauty". Lifting a novel's entire structure from E.M Forster is not an "homage" - it is plagiarism. Translating another author's plot into present-day idiom is, at best, a sophomoric exercise. I expected better from this talented author.Do yourself a favor and ignore the hype that surrounds this book. Read the work in its original form, E.M. Forster's "Howard End". And pick up Zadie Smith's "White Teeth" to see what this author can do when she refrains from the derivative.
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