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A Room with a View

A Room with a View

E. M. Forster

E.M. Forster’s A Room with a View is a witty social comedy exploring the clash between Edwardian propriety and personal passion. When Lucy Honeychurch meets the unconventional George Emerson in Italy, she is forced to choose between a stifling, 'room-like' existence and a life of honesty and 'views.' This timeless classic masterfully critiques intellectual snobbery while celebrating the courage to follow one's heart, making it a must-read for fans of literary romance and social satire.

Genre: Literary Fiction
Format: eBook, WebBook

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About the Author

E. M. Forster

English novelist and writer (1879–1970). Edward Morgan Forster was an English author. He is best known for his novels, particularly A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924). He also wrote numerous short stories, essays, speeches and broadcasts, as well as biographies and pageant plays. His short story "The Machine Stops" (1909) is often viewed as the beginning of technological dystopian fiction. He also co-authored the libretto to Benjamin Britten's opera Billy Budd (1951). Many of his novels examine class differences and hypocrisy. His views as a humanist are at the heart of his work.

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