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E.M. Forster's beloved novel of forbidden love, culture clash, and the confines of Edwardian society

When I think of what life is, and how seldom love is answered by love; it is one of the moments for which the world was made.

Book #7 of 15 in the SDE Classics Romance Collection

Lucy Honeychurch travels to Florence, Italy, with her cousin and... Read Full Overview

"The Signora had no business to do it," said Miss Bartlett, "no business at all. She promised us south rooms with a view close together, instead of which here are north rooms, looking into a courtyard, and a long way apart. Oh, Lucy!" "And a Cockney, besides!" said Lucy, who... Read Full Overview

A new brand new edition of the English classic with stunning illustrations by Luke Edward Hall.

First published in 1908, A Room with a View portrays the love of a British woman for an expatriate living in Italy. Caught up in a world of social snobbery, Forster's heroine, Lucy Honeychurch, finds herself constrained by the claustrophobic influence of her British guardians,... Read Full Overview

Miss Lucy Honeychurch is on a tour of Italy with her cousin and chaperone Miss Charlotte Bartlett when she encounters the young George Emerson, on a similar tour with his father. George finds himself drawn to the pretty, spirited Lucy, while Lucy is intrigued by George's rejection... Read Full Overview

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The Penguin English Library Edition of A Room with a View by E. M. Forster

'"But you do," he went on, not waiting for contradiction. "You love the boy body and soul, plainly, directly, as he loves you, and no other word expresses it ..."

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The beloved classic by E. M. Forster.

Miss Bartlett was startled. Generally at a pension people looked them over for a day or two before speaking, and often did not find out that they would "do" till they had gone. She knew that the intruder was ill-bred, even before she glanced at him. He was an old man, of heavy... Read Full Overview