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"She 'never exactly understood,' she would say in after years, 'How he managed to strengthen her. It was as if he had made her see the whole of everything at once.'"

-- E. M. Forster --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Forster's social comedy is a witty observation of the English middle classes as they holiday abroad in Florence. One of these tourists is Lucy Honeychurch, a young girl whose heart is awakened by her experiences in Italy.

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (February 24, 2000)
ISBN-10: 0141182644
ISBN-13: 978-0141182643
Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.9 ounces

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Book With a Heart, May 15, 2000

By	oh_pete (Cambridge. MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Room with a View (Bantam Classics) (Mass Market Paperback)

A ROOM WITH A VIEW depicts a young Englishwoman's adventure trying to come to grips with the conflict between her desires and society's expectations. Lucy Honeychurch is a well-bred young middle class girl on holiday in radiant Florence. She comes from a family overconcerned with respectability and is therefore overprotected by a dessicated spinster named Charlotte Bartlett. One wonders if Forster had in mind a more famous Charlotte B. when he drew Lucy's protector, a woman "much discomfited by [any] unpleasant scene[s]." Forster playfully tosses barbs at this don't-let-the-servants-hear-you world the English try to maintain on foreign soil. Less playful with sanctimonious Puritans or hypocritical clergymen, Forster lets them foil themselves.

Under no circumstances will Miss Bartlett allow Lucy to pursue (or even examine) her affection for the handsome young George Emerson--his father is far too unconventional with his modern notions about honesty and freethinking. Duty must reign . . . mustn't it? Ah, that wild transitional phase between the late-Victorians and the early-Moderns!

Forster writes gently and calmly, but with a passion for life and love welling up beneath the surface. A ROOM WITH A VIEW is a lovely book, vital with the force of a sensitive and empathetic mind. There's even more to this book than it seems--highly recommended!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful social satire., July 13, 2000

By	Leonard L. Wilson (Springfield, OH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: A Room With a View (Hardcover)

Concerning Lucy's passionate playing of Beethoven upon the piano, the Rev. Mr. Beebe once said, "If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very exciting--both for us and for her." At the time of the remark, Lucy is a very conventional young woman, with perhaps occasional rebellious thoughts. The Emersons, father and son, are somehow not quite acceptable in her social circle, and though George is so bold as to kiss her impulsively, she is determined to forget him. Instead she finally gives in to the repeated proposals of Cecil Vyse, a thoroughly fashionable young gentleman, if not very exciting. So the stage is set for this splendid satire on the English social strata of the early part of the 20th century, a time when the formal structure of the Victorian era was beginning to fray at the edges. Vyse is a delightfully drawn male chauvinist prig; nobody likes him, but everyone is willing to accept him, and Lucy convinces herself that she is in love with him. However, Vyse's own penchant for getting his way by playing rather cruel practical jokes brings the Emersons back into the picture. Confronted by the contrast between the not quite classy but intelligent, thoughtful (and bold) George Emerson and the arrogant, boorish, but elite Cecil Vyse, Lucy finally decides to live as she plays Beethoven, with exciting results. This early work of Forster's is a pure delight, with a light and well-controlled tone throughout. Although there would be a danger of stereotyping to illustrate the different social classes, Forster skillfully makes the characters well rounded and unpredictable, as in the scene when Lucy breaks her engagement to Vyse, expecting his feelings of masculine superiority to precipitate an argument, but instead being somewhat dismayed when he behaves as a perfect gentleman. Although HOWARDS END is usually rated above A ROOM WITH A VIEW, I prefer this slighter, but consummately well-done, novel.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining, April 23, 2000

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I have long been a fan of Jane Austen and have become so spoiled by her wonderful writing and complex yet perfect sentences that I seldom find anything enjoyable by comparison. However, "A Room with a View" was one of the most wonderful non-Austen books I have ever read. I laughed out loud many times at the way Forster worded things, especially the chapter titles (eg. "How Ms. Bartlett's Boiler was so Tiresome"). At the beginning, he seemed to be making fun of his characters - at their simple-mindedness and lack of depth - but then he commenced to transform them (mainly Lucy) and make them into wonderfully admirable people. It seemed that justice was served to Cecil when he served as the means through which Lucy and George were finally united. I enjoyed every minute of this book but would recommend it only to those who would appreciate it and who would be reading it by choice.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was expecting.
The book was rather odd. I read it for class and didn't find it that interesting.

Published 7 months ago by Hilary Cedillo

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Version of a Lovely Book
A Room With a View is a lovely novel, and this is a lovely little inexpensive paperback version. A love story set amidst "class issues," this story may seem slow to a reader who... Read more

Published 7 months ago by Janeite

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Published 8 months ago by Jane Olson

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
A Room with a View is funny, witty and whimsical. It is one of those books with a subject that is as good now as ever. It reads like a rite of passage of a young woman. Read more

Published 10 months ago by Sandhya Surapaneni

3.0 out of 5 stars A Truer Word was Never Spoke...
Contrary to one precis of EM Forster's classic, I found this story neither a '...brilliant social comedy...' nor '...a witty observation of the English middle classes... Read more

Published 10 months ago by Barbara C Browning

3.0 out of 5 stars A Truer Word was Never Spoke
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Published 10 months ago by Barbara C Browning

5.0 out of 5 stars A Personal Awakening a Century Ago - Still a Valid Lesson
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Published 11 months ago by Ford Ka

5.0 out of 5 stars "We were promised a room with a view..."
After I saw the 1985 Merchant Ivory film, I was curious about the book. Its not often that the film is as good as the book, but in this it was, so faithfully adapted. Read more

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