A Room With A View Book Review

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.

A room with a view book review. To understand kwan s novel it s. Two earlier novels where angels fear to tread and the longest journey had been poorly received. In common with much of his other writing this work by the eminent english novelist and essayist e. Its heroine lucy honeychurch struggling against straitlaced victorian attitudes of arrogance narrow mindedness and snobbery falls in love while on holiday in italy with the socially.

A room with a view study guide a room with a view was published in 1908. Forster s characters had been micron deep instagram obsessed and unable to make conversation. Forster 1879 1970 displays an unusually perceptive view of british society in the early 20th century. Audience reviews for a room with a view mar 03 2014 helena bonham carter has the big big 80s hair and of course the acting ability to match wits with maggie smith and daniel day lewis.

Forster a room with a view is a 1908 novel by british writer e. A room with a view novel by e m. 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.

Forster published in 1908. 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. 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. Two tourists miss lucy honeychurch and her cousin and chaperone miss charlotte bartlett are dining with other bertolini guests and complaining about the rooms they have been given.

Forster s keen observation of character and of british life informed the work which reflected the author s criticism of restrictive conventional british society. When lucy honeychurch visiting italy mentions the lack of a view from her room george emerson and his father offer to swap. Forster about a young woman in the restrained culture of edwardian era england. Forster was twenty nine at the time of publication.

Written in 1908 a room with a view is a social comedy set in florence italy and surrey england.