A Room with a View
E.M. Forster
A proper Edwardian woman in Italy meets a passionate free spirit who threatens to upend her entire world.
Description
E. M. Forster's 1908 novel 'A Room with A View' narrates the story of a young woman in the restrained culture of Edwardian England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century.
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