A Room with a View (1908) (edit title/settings)

• Rated 5 stars

“One of the most delightful social comedies ever written, “A Room With a View” is arch, playful, romantic, with wonderful characters and Tuscany, to boot. Forster’s inner hippie is given free reign as young Lucy Honeychurch learns to follow her bliss. “It happened to the Goths.”


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• Rated 5 stars

“This is fabulous writing by a master of literature. His words flow like water.”

• Rated 5 stars

“It's a class critique! It's a veiled coming-out story! It's the perfect Edwardian romantic comedy! It's all that and makes julienne fries! Lucy Honeychurch is probably the most endearingly muddled of Forster's heroines, trying to figure out who she and what she wants in an age when few were concerned about women figuring out either one of those quandaries. One of these days I intend to reread this on a hill in Tuscany the way it should be read, but as is, still one of my favorites.”

• Rated 5 stars

“I read this book in high school and wanted to immediately set off on for Italy. Or to a large garden in England. ”

• Rated 5 stars

“A great classic, beautiful language, very smart. Another all-time favorite that I have read many times. Btw, the movie is very good as well.”

• Rated 0 stars

“jst reading”

• Rated 5 stars

“i admit that the cover initially turned me off. but my interest to read this literary gem came after watching the movie in which helena bonham carter potrayed lucy honeychurch. there it was magic, the adaptation was loyal to the book too which made it even more memorable. there's such wit in forster's writing that often i missed out on the cynicism till i read it again. not that it's bad reading it again. just gives me a reason to do it even more”

• Rated 3 stars

“There were parts of this book that were very good, mysterious and romantic and others that were slow, boring or otherwise not very memorable. I may reread it to see if I get more out of it on the second read.”