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Howards End

This novel by E. M. Forster inspired the play The Inheritance.

Eric's Family Apartment

This Upper West Side location is a rent-controlled apartment.

Beloved Boy

This semi-autobiographical work ends up bringing Adam and Toby closer together and making Toby a successful writer.

Elan

This person is the protagonist of Toby's book and is modeled on an idealized version of Toby himself.

The Umbrella

Toby leaves this object behind in Adam's apartment; Adam realizes that it is like Toby--attractive from a distance, but obviously flawed close-up.

The Stonewall Inn

This is the site of a famous uprising in favor of gay rights; it is where Walter goes first after he arrives in New York as a young man and what Eric is looking at when he has his epiphany about the future of the farmhouse.

The AIDS Epidemic

This global health crisis during the late twentieth century...

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