A Room With A View Book Green Cover

A room with a view first published in 1908 and considered by many to be forster s sunniest and most optimistic novel begins in the pension bertolini an inn in florence italy.

A room with a view book green cover. Shelved 4 times as green cover avg rating 4 03 1 050 542 ratings published 2009. Forster a room with a view is a 1908 novel by british writer e. Forster 1908 250 pp. A room with a view is a 1908 novel by english writer e.

A young british woman named lucy is visiting florence with her older cousin and chaperon charlotte they are staying at the pension bertolini and are disappointed to find that they have been given rooms without a view contrary to what they have been promised at dinner two men mr. First editions are bound in ribbed burgundy cloth and have 324 pages plus 8 catalogue pages at the end. She lived with a kinda mean relative i believe it was her aunt where she has to sleep in a small space room which has a tree outside her window. From the beginning of the book lucy honeychurch the protagonist is torn between what is socially acceptable.

Forster about a young woman in the restrained culture of edwardian era england. A room with a view e m. Forster about a young woman in the restrained culture of edwardian era england. Published in a limited print run of 2 000 copies a room with a view is the scarcest first edition of forster s 5 major novels copies having sold for upwards of 1 800.

Set in italy and england the story is both a romance and a humorous critique of english society at the beginning of the 20th century. Set in italy and england the story is both a romance and a humorous critique of english society at the beginning of the 20th century. About a girl whose parents were thought to be killed after being missing for years or months. Edward arnold first published a room with a view in 1908.

A room with a view is one of forster s early works and is not as complex as the more mature howard s end and passage to india. However its strength lies in its vivid cast of characters humorous dialogue and comedic play upon the manners of the day and in forster s engaging sympathetic exploration of lucy s character. A room with a view is a great novel that offers insight into society during the early twentieth century. Forster s brilliant comedy of manners shines a gently ironic light on the attitudes and customs of the british middle class at the beginning of the 20th century.

A room with a view e m. Emerson and his son george overhear the ladies complaints and offer to switch rooms.