A novel, 1908

A Room with a View

Name: A Room with a View
Author: E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster

Lucy Honeychurch travels to Florence with her older cousin Charlotte Bartlett.

20 chapters · about 4 hours

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How it begins

“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.

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About the book

Length

20 chapters in 2 parts

First published

1908

Shelves

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Comedy
Into the twentieth century

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Part One

Chapter 1: The Bertolini15 min
Chapter 2: In Santa Croce with No Baedeker20 min
Chapter 3: Music, Violets, and the Letter “S”14 min
Chapter 4: Fourth Chapter8 min
Chapter 5: Possibilities of a Pleasant Outing15 min
Chapter 6: The Reverend Arthur Beebe, the Reverend Cuthbert Eager, Mr. Emerson, Mr. George Emerson, Miss Eleanor Lavish, Miss Charlotte Bartlett, and Miss Lucy Honeychurch Drive Out in Carriages to See a View; Italians Drive Them14 min
Chapter 7: They Return14 min

Part Two

Chapter 8: Medieval19 min
Chapter 9: Lucy As a Work of Art17 min
Chapter 10: Cecil as a Humourist11 min
Chapter 11: In Mrs. Vyse’s Well-Appointed Flat7 min
Chapter 12: Twelfth Chapter12 min
Chapter 13: How Miss Bartlett’s Boiler Was So Tiresome10 min
Chapter 14: How Lucy Faced the External Situation Bravely8 min
Chapter 15: The Disaster Within17 min
Chapter 16: Lying to George11 min
Chapter 17: Lying to Cecil8 min
Chapter 18: Lying to Mr. Beebe, Mrs. Honeychurch, Freddy, and The Servants20 min
Chapter 19: Lying to Mr. Emerson20 min
Chapter 20: The End of the Middle Ages6 min