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E.M. Forster's beloved novel of forbidden love, culture clash, and the confines of Edwardian society

"The Signora had no business to do it," said Miss Bartlett, "no business at all. She promised us south rooms with a view close together, instead of which here are north rooms, looking into a courtyard, and a long way apart. Oh, Lucy!" "And a Cockney, besides!" said Lucy, who... Read Full Overview

"It isn't possible to love and part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal." A Room with a View E.M. Forster's novel A Room with a View , published... Read Full Overview

A Room with a View" is a novel by E.M. Forster, published in 1908. It is a social comedy that critiques Edwardian society and its restrictive conventions. The story follows Lucy Honeychurch, a young woman who struggles with the constraints of her upbringing and societal expectations... Read Full Overview

In E. M. Forster's timeless classic, A Room with a View, the allure of Italy and the constraints of Edwardian England collide in a story of passion, self-discovery, and social convention. Young Lucy Honeychurch, on a grand tour of Europe with her overbearing cousin Charlotte,... Read Full Overview

Miss Lucy Honeychurch is on a tour of Italy with her cousin and chaperone Miss Charlotte Bartlett when she encounters the young George Emerson, on a similar tour with his father. George finds himself drawn to the pretty, spirited Lucy, while Lucy is intrigued by George's rejection... Read Full Overview

A new brand new edition of the English classic with stunning illustrations by Luke Edward Hall.

When I think of what life is, and how seldom love is answered by love; it is one of the moments for which the world was made.

Book #7 of 15 in the SDE Classics Romance Collection

Lucy Honeychurch travels to Florence, Italy, with her cousin and... Read Full Overview

In common with much of his other writing, this work by the eminent English novelist and essayist E. M. Forster (1879-1970) displays an unusually perceptive view of British society in the early 20th century. Written in 1908, A Room with a View is a social comedy set in Florence,... Read Full Overview

First published in 1908, 'A Room with A View' is a coming of age story of a young woman, by E.M. Forster, an English fiction writer, essayist, and librettist. Many of his novels examined class differences and hypocrisy.

Set against the stunning setting of Florence,... Read Full Overview

Wit and intelligence are the hallmarks of this probing portrait of the English character. And in this story of extreme contrasts--in values, social class, and cultural perspectives--an unconventional romantic relationship leads to conventional happiness in a delightful social... Read Full Overview

First published in 1908, A Room with a View portrays the love of a British woman for an expatriate living in Italy. Caught up in a world of social snobbery, Forster's heroine, Lucy Honeychurch, finds herself constrained by the claustrophobic influence of her British guardians,... Read Full Overview

This Edwardian social comedy explores love and prim propriety among an eccentric cast of characters assembled in an Italian pensione and in a corner of Surrey, England. A charming young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch, faints into the arms of a fellow Britisher when she witnesses... Read Full Overview

Step into a World of Romance & Revolution: A Room with a View Awaits Imagine... Sundrenched Italian terraces overlooking the Arno River. A spirited young woman named Lucy yearning for adventure. A chance encounter with a freespirited philosopher who challenges everything she... Read Full Overview

This Edwardian social comedy explores love and prim propriety among an eccentric cast of characters assembled in an Italian pensione and in a corner of Surrey, England. A charming young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch, faints into the arms of a fellow Britisher when she witnesses... Read Full Overview

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A Room with a View by E. M. Forster is a pleasant romantic comedy that also presents a humorous critique of the English society of the Edwardian era . A Room with a View (1908) brilliantly examines love, the collusion of classes and cultures, and self-discovery . With its two... Read Full Overview