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On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Book Analysis) 
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On Beauty by Zadie Smith, which tells the story of two feuding families, the Kipps and the Belseys, and the shifting relationships between their members. Monty Kipps and Howard Belsey, the patriarchs of the respective families, maintain a tense professional rivalry even as their wives become close friends and their children study at the same university.
On Beauty was partly inspired by
Howards End by E.M. Forster, and is Smith’s third novel. Her other works include the novels
White Teeth and
Swing Time, and the essay collections
Changing My Mind and
Feel Free.



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