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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, who encourage her to take up with a well-connected boor. In the end, however, Lucy takes control of her own fate and finds love with a man whose free spirit reminds her of “a room with a view.”
Synopsis:
A classic tale of British middle-class love which displays Forster's skill in contrasting British sensibilities with those of other cultures.
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256 pages
Vintage Books USA -
English9780679724766
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A classic tale of British middle-class love which displays Forster's skill in contrasting British sensibilities with those of other cultures.
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