A Room With A View by E.M. Forster

A Room With A View by E.M. Forster is a novel that was published in 1908. The story takes place in Italy and England, and it follows the lives of several characters who are all connected to each other in some way. The main character, Lucy Honeychurch, is a young woman who travels to Italy with her chaperone, Charlotte Bartlett. While there, she meets George Emerson, a young man from an upper-class family. They fall in love and decide to elope together, but their plans are thwarted when Lucy's father forbids the marriage. The novel explores themes of social class, gender roles, and the role of women in society during this time period.

By E.M. Forster · First published 2023 · Genre: Romantic, Novel of manners, Social Critique · 20 chapters

Contents

• The Bertolini
• In Santa Croce with No Baedeker
• Music, Violets, and the Letter "S"
• Fourth Chapter
• Possibilities of a Pleasant Outing
• The Reverend Arthur Beebe, the Reverend Cuthbert Eager, Mr. Emerson, Mr. George Emerson, Miss Eleanor Lavish, Miss Charlotte Bartlett, and Miss Lucy Honeychurch Drive Out in Carriages to See a View; Italians Drive Them
• They Return
• Medieval
• Lucy As a Work of Art
• Cecil as a Humourist
• In Mrs. Vyse's Well-Appointed Flat
• Twelfth Chapter
• How Miss Bartlett's Boiler Was So Tiresome
• How Lucy Faced the External Situation Bravely
• The Disaster Within
• Lying to George
• Lying to Cecil
• Lying to Mr. Beebe, Mrs. Honeychurch, Freddy, and The Servants
• Lying to Mr. Emerson
• The End of the Middle Ages

More by E.M. Forster

• The Story of the Siren (1920)
• The Longest Journey
• Howards End
• Where Angels Fear to Tread
• Pharos and Pharillon
• A Passage to India
• THE STORY OF A PANIC
• THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HEDGE
• All works by E.M. Forster