In A ROOM WITH A VIEW, Lucy Honeychurch, who is visiting Florence with her very proper chaperone, faints into the arms of a fellow tourist, and a chain of events is set in motion that culminate in Lucy's having to choose between passion and propriety.
About the Author
Edward Morgan Forster was born in London in 1879. He wrote six novels, four of which appeared before the First World War: Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), The Longest Journey (1907), A Room with a View (1908), and Howard's End (1910). An interval of fourteen years elapsed before he published A Passage to India. Maurice, his novel on a homosexual theme, finished in 1914, was published posthumously in 1971. He died in June 1970.
| The Bertolini | p. 1 |
| In Santa Croce with No Baedeker | p. 16 |
| Music, Violets, and the Letter "S" | p. 35 |
| Fourth Chapter | p. 49 |
| Possibilities of a Pleasant Outing | p. 57 |
| The Reverend Arthur Beebe, the Reverend Cuthbert Eager, Mr. Emerson, Miss Eleanor Lavish, Miss Charlotte Bartlett, and Miss Lucy Honeychurch Drive Out in Carriages to See a View; Italians Drive Them | p. 73 |
| They Return | p. 88 |
| Mediaeval | p. 105 |
| Lucy as a Work of Art | p. 124 |
| Cecil as a Humourist | p. 142 |
| In Mrs. Vyse's Well-Appointed Flat | p. 153 |
| Twelfth Chapter | p. 161 |
| How Miss Bartlett's Boiler Was So Tiresome | p. 173 |
| How Miss Lucy Faced the External Situation Bravely | p. 184 |
| The Disaster Within | p. 192 |
| Lying to George | p. 210 |
| Lying to Cecil | p. 221 |
| Lying to Mr. Beebe, Mrs. Honeychurch, Freddy, and the Servants | p. 229 |
| Lying to Mr. Emerson | p. 250 |
| The End of the Middle Ages | p. 271 |
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ISBN: 9780141183299
ISBN-10: 0141183292
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience:
General
For Ages: 18+ years old
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 240
Published: January 2007
Dimensions (cm): 19.5 x 13.4
x 1.0
Weight (kg): 0.16