206 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2000 by Penguin Books.
Visiting Florence with her prim and proper cousin Charlotte as a chaperone, Lucy Honeychurch meets the unconventional, lower-class Mr. Emerson and his son, George. Upon her return to England, Lucy becomes engaged to the supercilious Cecil Vyse, but she finds herself increasingly torn between the expectations of the world in which she moves and the passionate yearnings of her heart. More than a love story, A Room with a View (1908) is a penetrating social comedy and a brilliant study of contrasts - in values, social class, and cultural perspectives - and the ingenuity of fate.
I appreciate some of the wording, cultural commentary, and pithy lines, but the story and most of the dialogue was not gripping.
I may have enjoyed this more if I had read it on paper. I had misinterpreted the digital "page count" on the goodreads copy of the book and was expecting a much shorter piece. I can't handle reading books on an iPhone any longer than 150 (normal) pages.
