A Room With A View Book Review

A room with a view first published in 1908 and considered by many to be forster s sunniest and most optimistic novel begins in the pension bertolini an inn in florence italy.

A room with a view book review. Emerson insists that the women take his rooms which have a view. A room with a view is one of forster s early works and is not as complex as the more mature howard s end and passage to india. The literary equivalent of hot buttery mashed potato em forster s book has entertained lucinda hawksley at all stages of her life so far. Forster about a young woman in the restrained culture of edwardian era england.

Emerson denholm elliot and his son george julian sands staying at the same inn to switch rooms so. A room with a view e m. 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. A room with a view by em forster book of a lifetime.

Two tourists miss lucy honeychurch and her cousin and chaperone miss charlotte bartlett are dining with other bertolini guests and complaining about the rooms they. Forster a room with a view is a 1908 novel by british writer e. A room with a view is the story of george and lucy but it also is an attack on the british class system. 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.

A room with a view is a 1908 novel by english writer e. In the opening scenes of the movie lucy and miss bartlett have been given a room in the italian pensione that does not have a view. From the beginning of the book lucy honeychurch the protagonist is torn between what is socially acceptable. Disappointed at not getting the room with a view they had been promised when making their reservations at the inn they are not sure whether it is proper to accept the offer of mr.

A room with a view is a great novel that offers insight into society during the early twentieth century. However its strength lies in its vivid cast of characters humorous dialogue and comedic play upon the manners of the day and in forster s engaging sympathetic exploration of lucy s character.