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    A Room With a View

    By E.M. Forster

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSheba Blake Publishing
    Release dateJun 7, 2014
    ISBN9781312255869
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    E.M. Forster

    E. M. Forster (1879-1970) was an English fiction writer, essayist, biographer, and travel writer whose most popular novels include A Room with a View, Howards End, and A Passage to India. Before his death in 1970 he was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature twenty times in fifteen separate years.

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    • 4/5
      The inhabitants of Windy Corner (as well as Pensione Betolini) are left pale and perforated after Forster's serial needling. Forster can only stop heckling his characters long enough to appreciate the song of the season's and the subtle currents of music.
    • 2/5
      It's fun and builds up stronger, but I never really connected with it. Maybe the weak start threw me.
    • 3/5
      Listened to the Classic Tales podcast version. Not bad.
    • 4/5
      With old Mr. Emerson and Mr. Beebe, Forster moves the plot along despite silly lying goose Lucy and her tedious traveling companion and cousin, Charlotte. Cecil definitely had his moments, notably because George kept himself an odd mystery.
    • 4/5
      # 15 Of 100 Classics Challenge
      A Room With A View
      By E. M. Forster

      Some might say Lucy's conservative values have repressed her life and religion. Her outlook is put to the test when Lucy goes to Italy with her cousin Charlotte. They meet outrageous flamboyant characters like Miss Lavish, Cockney Signora, Me Emerson, Mr Beebe and George, a son.....
      Lucy is torn between returning home to her past values or continuing with her new friends unconventional beliefs and energy?
      Really good, really quick read. Recommended.
    • 4/5
      Liked it. Lucy is a peach, her way to view the world sometimes dreadfully simplistic, sometimes full of wonder and naivety and sometimes, especially in moments of sudden flashes of insights, simply hilarious. Foster likes his characters, even the shady ones, each of them has wit and character in their own unique way, and the whole story is has an optimistic, sometimes even funny air about it.
    • 5/5
      Our Book Club Classic Read - Listened to this on audio. An absolute delightful coming of the age love story. A touching story with a splash of comedy. Lucy Honeychurch finds herself in a precarious situation. How do you tell the person you are to marry that you are not as innocent as he thinks? How little lies and omissions come back to haunt her and an unlikely encounter upsets her plans.
    • 5/5
      Truth! Beauty! Love!
    • 5/5
      A lovely romance.
    • 1/5
      I could not find anything interesting about this book at all, particularly after reading the pre-review. I also could not get through the movie, "A Passage to India" although I tried twice. This author does have his fans and may only reflect a difference of tastes in reading material. Readers can judge for themselves.
    • 4/5
      English tourists are still arriving in Florence, hoping to be dazzled by the city's Renaissance splendours, and charmed by the laid-back, earthy directness of Italians. But in our current utilitarian age, Forster's themes, unravelling from this classic opening, seem less oppressive. Who checks emotion now, in thrall to the stuffy proprieties of the well-bred? And who bothers with beauty as an ideal, and whether it fits with the lives we lead? Yet this love story still rings true and engages us, because of the credible characters, all somehow at odds with prevailing mores: Lucy, the sulky and passive lead (so memorably cast as Helena Bonham-Carter), George the dashing debunker, and his father Mr Emerson, benign conscience of the novel with his saint-like selflessness, and unmannered romantic simplicity. A satisfying read; almost as good as the film.
    • 4/5
      The famous story of Lucy Honeychuch was vaguely known to me before reading E.M- Forster's classic A Room With a View, first published in 1909. It ia particularly interesting to read a story from a different time in history that is actually written as a contemporary novel. I dod, however, at times have problems keeping the interest up, because Forster is considerably more implicit than explicit when describing the events taking place and the emotions of his protagonists . Lucy and George are outsiders in a world that is strictly regulated, at least in the minds of the people we meet in the novel, but only George is aware of it. Reading the novel more than 100 years after publication makes it difficult to regard the characters without the spectacles of our own time, and we are in a way peeping in - but this is also what Forster is doing. He is an ominpresent writer, regarding his characters like they are actors in a play, knowing very well what choices they eventually will make. Towards the end, the book really picks up and one starts to really feel for the characters, seeing them actually make choices. The Florence of A Room With a View has become iconic, both through the novel and the film. Before I went there for the first time, Forster's description made up my image of the city. Not many novels have that impact.
    • 3/5
      I've a feeling I'm going to be out on a limb with this review, but, despite having loved the other EM Forster novels I've read, I found A Room with a View to be as dull as ditchwater. I've been looking forward to reading this book for ages, so my disappointment is only multiplied.This was definitely a case for me where the film totally surpassed the book. I loved the film - those gorgeous Florentine views, the fanning of the flames of desire between Lucy and George, the humorous dialogue played out so well by Bonham-Carter in particular. But the book fell so flat! The first 150 pages bored me rigid - it was only in the last 50 that it got mildly interesting. I get that Forester wanted us to feel Lucy's growing sense of boredom and desire to feel that wonderment in life, but I felt entrenched in the dullness of her world. The characters she engaged with were largely pretentious and emotionless, and I just couldn't feel anything for any of them. Even the budding romance between Lucy and George left me cold. There was so little interaction between them it was hard to feel from those 4 or 5 short encounters any building of the desire between them.It was obvious by page 20 what was going to happen in the end, and I was just glad to reach that point so I could shut the cover forever and move on.2.5 stars - yaaaaawwwwwnnnnnnnnnn
    • 5/5
      The answer to the question, "Which book should I pack in my carry-on to Italy?"
    • 4/5
      This is absolutely lovely. I would recommend this to someone who is wanting to read classics, but is unsure where to start, as it is a very easy read.
    • 3/5
      A Room with a View is a wonderful classic - not that deep, but a fun book to read. I would have a hard time recommending Frederick Davidson as a narrator. I have seen lots of mixed reviews about him. Many people say he takes some time to get used to. If that's the case, at 7 cds, A Room with a View is not long enough. His women's voices have an irritating quality that made them all sound so simpering and shallow. This might have been intentional given the characters in the book, but it definitely detracted from what was a delightful story.
    • 5/5
      My favorite book for a long, long time.
    • 4/5
      There's something rather nice about this comming of age tale. There's snobbery and all the usual hypocrasy that attends society, and it's displayed by enough people. But Eventually Lucy fnds her feet, and gets her man.
    • 3/5
      A sweet little book, a young girl's coming of age amidst the uncomparable landscapes of Florence and surroundings. Poetical language. Somehow lacking depth. One of the rare occasions where the movie is so much better and actually does rapture your imagination much more than the book itself.
    • 3/5
      I was surprised at how pleasant this book was to read. It was refreshing considering how much I disliked Pride and Prejudice, which initially this book seemed to resemble. Luckily, this book had likable characters, intelligence, and plenty of wit.
    • 3/5
      Didn't finish. Never read this when I was younger. Obviously beautifully written, but just not holding my interest. Whole chapters about manners and whatnot, just not gonna happen. Same issues as when I periodically try and read Jane Austen. Recognize the brilliance, of course, just to much in another era.
    • 1/5
      2 stars

      Lucia (Lucy) Honeychurch is a conventional young woman on tour in Italy in the early 20th century who is accompanied by her middle aged cousin who is a spinster. The trip awakens more in her as she meets some unconventional people and witnesses a murder. She falls in love with George Emerson, an unconventional man who is a socialist and very much an individual. However, she denies and suppreses this as they are separated by Lucia's cousin, Miss Charlotte Bartlett. Lucy becomes engaged to a man she thinks she loves before meeting George once again, and the rest you have to read to find out.

      The book started of rather insipidly, and there wasn't much depth put into the characters. Forster often used surnames as characters labels (surnames such as Eager, Lavish, Vyse (a surname, but sounds just like vise aka vice), or after famous people with certain outlooks that tied into his characters), which I found rather annoying. I finished this for 1001 books, etc, but was not thrilled with this book. Forster clearly meant this book to be a statement, but I didn't find it impressive in the least.
    • 3/5
      An enjoyable enough read, quite funny in places, and not quite what I expected. I was a little disappointed that the character of George was not fully explored, so that it was difficult to see what it was that Lucy was attracted to - apart from the kisses, of course.
    • 3/5
      I found Lucy a bit wishy-washy, although a fairly realistic version of a girl in her late teens at this time. For me, the most interesting part of this novel was the relationship between Lucy and Miss Barlett, although I do admit to a soft spot for Mr. Emerson Sr. :)

      The British tourists were pretty insufferable, but it felt true to life.
    • 5/5
      Young Lucy Honeychurch, accompanied by her elderly cousin Charlotte Bartlett, is visiting Italy for the first time. All the drama of life is derived from the confined rules of class and manners where the significance of every event is magnified. The writing had a surprisingly modern flavour, considering that it was written at the beginning of the 20th century. From the sweet Lucy, to the snobbish Cecil Vyse, to the compassionate Rev. Beebe, the characters all stand out clearly, with Lucy being at the centre. There are many humorous passages, one of which involved Miss Bartlett who was required to change a sovereign for smaller coins in order to pay a cab fare. The younger characters completely bewildered her by making complex calculations for the transaction. It appeared she would lose the lot while the others would profit. Forster may have been the first to use this now classic comedy act. This is a delightful novel that will not fail to entertain the reader. Highly recommended.A favourite quote: "She was a novelist," said Lucy craftily. The remark was a happy one, for nothing roused Mrs. Honeychurch so much as literature in the hands of females. She would abandon every topic to inveigh against those women who (instead of minding their houses and their children) seek notoriety by print. Her attitude was: "If books must be written, let them be written by men"
    • 4/5
      A painfully slow start but it does pick up. A good read, interesting as it goes.
    • 4/5
      the story of a young woman in the victora age coming to find herself and her own voice. it is a classic for good reason worth reading
    • 5/5
      I had mixed feelings about this book. Basically, I enjoyed it. I didn't want to put it down once I got to the last 70 pages, and it had that rush at the end, so for the most part I thought it was good. But there were some points which I thought were sexist (obviously not entirely unexpected), for example with a number of statements like "so illogical are girls", which contrasted with all of the talk about Lucy making her own choices and doing what she wanted to do, which certainly had feminist and even suffragette hints. That said, I definitely enjoyed it and would still recommend it.
    • 4/5
      Wonderful story. It has such a modern, progressive feel to it. Hard to believe it was written in 1908. A true romance recognizing the impact of physical attraction.
    • 4/5
      Best, least sad Forster