Author: E.M. Forster
Title: A Room with a View
Original publication date: 1908
Characters: Lucy Honeychurch, George Emerson, Cecil Vyse, Mr. Arthur Beebe, Mr. Emerson, Mrs. Honeychurch, Freddy Honeychurch, Charlotte Bartlett, Miss Eleanor Lavish,
Book awards: Waterstones Books of the Century (1997, No 69), IPPY Bronze (Erotica, 2007), The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels (The Board's List, 79), Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century (39), Guardian 1000 (Love), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2006/2008 Edition)[|
Dedication: To H.O.M.
First words: "The Signora had no business to do it," said Miss Bartlett, "no business at all".
Quotations: She joined the vast armies of the benighted, who follow neither the heart nor the brain, and march to their destiny by catch-words. If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays [piano], it will be very exciting both for us and for her. She was like a woman of Leonardo da Vinci, whom we love n
Last words: The song died away; they heard the river, bearing down the snows of winter into the Mediterranean.
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