Sometimes, the greatest rebellion is simply choosing to see the world as it truly is. Lucy Honeychurch has always done exactly what is expected of her. Accompanied by her prim, endlessly proper cousin Charlotte Bartlett, her grand tour of Italy was supposed to be an exercise in cultured refinement-studying guidebooks, admiring approved Renaissance art, and mingling with respectable British tourists. But the enchanting, chaotic city of Florence has other plans. When a mix-up at the Pension Bertolini leaves the ladies with dreary courtyard views, a boisterous, freethinking stranger named Mr. Emerson offers to trade his sun-drenched rooms. From this single breach of etiquette, a fissure opens in Lucy's carefully constructed world. Enter George Emerson, a brooding, unconventional young man who refuses to play by the rules of polite society. After a shocking event in a Florentine piazza throws Lucy into George's arms, she is forced to question everything she thought she knew about life, love, and her own hidden desires. E. M. Forster's A Room with a View is a legendary comedy of manners, a biting social satire, and a sweeping, unforgettable romance. It is the story of a young woman caught between the stifling conventions of Edwardian England and the fierce, liberating call of her own heart. Will Lucy retreat to the safety of what she knows, or will she finally throw open the window and embrace the view?
