A Room with a View Contributor(s): Forster, E. M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553213237 ISBN-13: 9780553213232 Publisher: Bantam Classics OUR PRICE: $6.26 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: July 1988 Annotation: 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 English woman, 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 decide 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. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Romance - Historical - Victorian |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 85040672 |
Lexile Measure: 760 |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 4.16" W x 6.84" (0.25 lbs) 204 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Italy - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 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 decide 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. |