A Room with a View

About This eBook

Overview

A Room with a View is E. M. Forster’s witty and perceptive 1908 novel about Lucy Honeychurch, a young Englishwoman whose conventional upbringing is disrupted by her experiences in Florence, Italy, and the unconventional George Emerson she meets there.

Themes & Significance

• Passion vs. convention: The tension between authentic feeling and social expectation.
• Class and propriety: Edwardian England’s rigid social codes and their constraints.
• Self-discovery: Lucy’s journey toward understanding her true desires.
• Nature and beauty: Italy as a catalyst for personal transformation.

Main Characters

Lucy Honeychurch, George Emerson, Charlotte Bartlett, Cecil Vyse, Mr. Emerson, and the Reverend Mr. Beebe.

Metadata

• Language: English
• Subjects:
  Young women, England, Italy, Florence, Romance, British fiction, Social class, Edwardian era

Credits & License

Text: Public domain in the United States.