Room with a View
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When Lucy Honeychurch, visiting Italy, mentions the lack of a view from her room, George Emerson and his father offer to swap. But Lucy's suspicions that the Emersons are the wrong sort of people seem confirmed when George impulsively kisses her during a picnic in the Tuscan countryside. Soon, however, thoughts of that kiss have Lucy questioning her engagement to boorish, if utterly acceptable, Cecil Vyse. All in all, the situation presents quite a muddle for a young woman who wishes to be absolutely truthful—even when she's lying to herself about the most important aspects of life and love. E.M. Forster's brilliant comedy of manners shines a gently ironic light on the attitudes and customs of the British middle class at the beginning of the 20th century.
Part 1The Bertolini1In Santa Croce with No Baedeker16Music, Violets, and the Letter "S"35Fourth Chapter49Possibilities of a Pleasant Outing57The Reverend Arthur Beebe, the Reverend Cuthbert Eager, Mr. Emerson, Miss Eleanor Lavish, Miss Charlotte Bartlett, and Miss Lucy Honeychurch Drive Out in Carriages to See a View; Italians Drive Them73They Return88Part 2Mediaeval105Lucy as a Work of Art124Cecil as a Humourist142In Mrs. Vyse's Well-Appointed Flat153Twelfth Chapter161How Miss Bartlett's Boiler Was So Tiresome173How Miss Lucy Faced the External Situation Bravely184The Disaster Within192Lying to George210Lying to Cecil221Lying to Mr. Beebe, Mrs. Honeychurch, Freddy, and the Servants229Lying to Mr. Emerson250The End of the Middle Ages271
