A Room with a View /
by E.M. Forster
- England: Penguin Books Ltd., 2011
- p.211
Ranked as modern library's list of the 100 Best English-language novels of the 20th century. A room with a view is about a young woman in the restrained culture of Edwardian era England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a humorous critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century. Lucy honeychurch travels to Florence, Italy, with her cousin and they were assured they would receive a room with a view of the river Arno, but instead are given a room overlooking a dull courtyard. A one Mr. Emerson and his son George offer their room, which as the desirable view, to the two ladies. From this opening sequence, a room with a view sets off following young Lucy as she navigates through the proprieties of edwardian-era society.
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