# Leonard Bast — Howards End character guide

> Leonard Bast in Howards End by E. M. Forster.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Leonard, Len, Bast

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

A poor clerk with aspirations of culture, whose life becomes tragically linked to the Schlegels.

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