A Room with a View (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: E. M. Forster
- First Published: 1908
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Early 1900’s
- Setting: Florence, Italy, and Surrey, England
- Principal Characters: Miss Lucy Honeychurch, Miss Charlotte Bartlett, Mr. Emerson, George Emerson, The Reverend Arthur Beebe, Mrs. Honeychurch, Freddy Honeychurch, Cecil Vyse, Miss Catherine Alan, Miss Teresa Alan, Miss Eleanor Lavish
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Emotions, England or English people, Italy or Italians
- Locales: London, England, Florence, Italy, Surrey, England
The Story:
Lucy Honeychurch and Charlotte Bartlett were disappointed by the Pension Bertolini and by the fact that their rooms had no view. They were embarrassed at dinner when Mr. Emerson offered to exchange his and his son’s rooms, which had views, with theirs. Their unhappiness decreased when the Reverend Arthur Beebe, whom they had known previously, and who had been appointed rector of Lucy’s home parish, joined them at dinner. After dinner, he managed to convince Charlotte that the exchange of rooms would not put them under any obligation to the Emersons. The change,...
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E. M. Forster (Cyclopedia of World Authors)E. M. Forster (Short Fiction)E. M. Forster (Dictionary of World Biography)E. M. Forster (Long Fiction)
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