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A voyage to Italy becomes a journey of self-discovery and awakening for Lucy Honeychurch in E.M. Forster's A Room with a View. Engaged to fussy, virtuous Cecil, Lucy encounters new possibilities for passion in her chance meeting abroad with mysterious George Emerson and his free-thinking father. Throughout charming scenes of travel and family life, Forster opens up a panoramic view of the difficult choices that Lucy must make. The comfort and respectability of a life lived carefully to the standards of society are contrasted with glimpses of a different life—one of spirit and unconventionality. England and Italy, Cecil and George, society and the individual, acceptance and rebellion—Lucy is challenged to find the right path as she weighs potential freedom against its sobering price.
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About the Author
One of the greats of twentieth century British literature, E.M. Forster (1879-1970) was well-known in his day for his novels, short stories, and essays. In his pages we read of the essential dilemmas that the everyman and everywoman must face as they enter modern society. Urging honesty, courage, and human connection to his readers, Forster's own life was, interestingly, one of public renown and privately-held secrets. Along with his most notable works, A Room With a View, Howards End, Where Angels Fear to Tread, and A Passage to India, Forster's posthumously-published novel Maurice, about the experiences of a young man coming to terms with his own homosexuality, is thought to be somewhat autobiographical.
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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 had been further ...
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