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A Room with a ViewE. M. Forster

A Room with a View

1908 · England · Novel · ~230 pages

A proper young Englishwoman on holiday in Florence is unsettled by a free-spirited young man and a kiss among the violets, then must choose, back home, between a safe, suitable match and the demands of her own heart. Forster’s sunniest novel.

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Why read it

A witty, radiant comedy about choosing life over propriety, with Italy itself as the great liberator. Light on its feet and quietly wise about the courage love takes.

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SettingItaly & England, 1900s

Edwardian England at its most buttoned-up, where a young woman's feelings were hedged by chaperones and convention, and a trip to Italy could crack the whole careful edifice open.

About the author

E. M. Forster (1879–1970) gently skewered English repression and snobbery in the name of honesty and connection. This is his warmest and most romantic book.