A Room with a ViewA charming young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch, faints into the arms of a fellow Britisher when she witnesses a murder in a Florentine piazza. Attracted to this man, George Emerson—who is entirely unsuitable and whose father just may be a Socialist—Lucy is soon at war with the snobbery of her class and her own conflicting desires. Back in England, she is courted by a more acceptable, if stifling, suitor and soon realizes she must make a startling decision that will determine the course of her future: she is forced to choose between convention and passion. The enduring delight of this tale of romantic intrigue is rooted in Forster’s colorful characters, including outrageous spinsters, pompous clergymen, and outspoken patriots. Written in 1908, A Room with a View is one of E. M. Forster’s earliest and most celebrated works. |
Contents
Eager Mr Emerson Mr George Emerson Miss Eleanor | 58 |
They Return | 69 |
Mediaeval | 83 |
Lucy as a Work of Art | 97 |
Cecil as a Humourist | 110 |
In Mrs Vyses WellAppointed Flat | 119 |
Twelfth Chapter | 125 |
How Miss Bartletts Boiler Was So Tiresome | 135 |
How Lucy Faced the External Situation Bravely | 143 |
The Disaster Within | 149 |
Lying to George | 162 |
Lying to Cecil | 170 |
Lying to Mr Beebe Mrs Honeychurch Freddy and the Servants | 176 |
Lying to Mr Emerson | 191 |
The End of the Middle Ages | 206 |
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