A Room with a View

This Edwardian social comedy explores love and prim propriety among an eccentric cast of characters assembled in an Italian pensione and in a corner of Surrey,England. A charming young EnglishwomanLucy Honeychurchfaints into the arms of a fellow Britisher when she witnesses a murder in a Florentine piazza. Attracted to this manGeorge EmersonΓÇöwho is entirely unsuitable and whose father just may be a SocialistΓÇöLucy is soon at war with the snobbery of her class and her own conflicting desires. Back in Englandshe is courted by a more acceptableif stiflingsuitor and soon realizes she must make a startling decision that will decide the course of her future: she is forced to choose between convention and passion. The enduring delight of this tale of romantic intrigue is rooted in ForsterΓÇÖs colorful charactersincluding outrageous spinsterspompous clergymenand outspoken patriots. Written in 1908A Room with a View is one of E. M. ForsterΓÇÖs earliest and most celebrated works.