A Room With a View by E. M. Forster

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Published in 1908, A Room with A View is one of E. M. Forster's most celebrated works. Forster explores love among a cast of eccentric characters gathered in an Italian pension and in a corner of Surrey, England. Caught up in a world of social snobbery, Lucy Honeychurch must make a decision... read more

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"The Signora had no business to do it," said Miss Bartlett, "no business at all.

Part One.
* Chapter I: The Bertolini
* Chapter II: In Santa Croce with No Baedeker
* Chapter III: Music, Violets, and the Letter "S"
* Chapter IV: Fourth Chapter
* Chapter V: Possibilities of a Pleasant Outing
* Chapter VI
* Chapter VII: They Return

Part Two.
* Chapter VIII: Medieval
* Chapter IX: Lucy As a Work of Art
* Chapter X: Cecil as a Humourist
* Chapter XI: In Mrs. Vyse's Well-Appointed Flat
* Chapter XII: Twelfth Chapter
* Chapter XIII: How Miss Bartlett's Boiler Was So Tiresome
* Chapter XIV : How Lucy Faced the External Situation Bravely
* Chapter XV: The Disaster Within
* Chapter XVI: Lying to George
* Chapter XVII: Lying to Cecil
* Chapter XVIII: Lying to Mr. Beebe, Mrs. Honeychurch, Freddy, and The Servants
* Chapter XIX: Lying to Mr. Emerson
* Chapter XX: The End of the Middle Ages