A Room With A View Summary

A room with a view was blessed with good reviews but it would not be until 1910 and the publication of.
A room with a view summary. 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 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. Lucy s room without a view could represent her constrained life without much independence or passion. A room with a view was published in 1908.
A room with a view summary. Complete summary of e. Enotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of a room with a view. 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. Forster about a young woman in the restrained culture of edwardian era england. A room with a view study guide contains a biography of e m. At a hotel in florence lucy meets the charming and free spirited george emerson julian sands.
Forster literature essays a complete e text quiz questions major themes characters and a full summary and analysis. Forster was twenty nine at the time of publication. Emerson and his son george offers to switch rooms with them. A room with a view is a 1908 novel by english writer e.
Forster s a room with a view. Our story begins in florence italy where two english women lucy honeychurch and her spinster cousin charlotte bartlett are at a hotel full of other english tourists they are displeased with their rooms which don t have a pleasant view from their windows but a pair of unconventional fellow guests mr. Lucy honeychurch helena bonham carter a young englishwoman is touring italy with her older cousin charlotte bartlett dame maggie smith. Two earlier novels where angels fear to tread and the longest journey had been poorly received.