A Room with a View Summary
E. M. Forster

Biography EssayDuring the Edwardian years and into the 1920s, E. M. Forster consolidated his reputation as a novelist of distinction and as a persuasive man of letters. He attained the greatest recogn... Read more

At first glimpse, the work of the British novelist and essayist, E. M. Forster, would hardly be thought to be the stuff of Hollywood. His finely detailed novels explore the Edwardian world of society ... Read more

During the Edwardian years and into the 1920s, E. M. Forster consolidated his reputation as a novelist of distinction and as a persuasive man of letters. He attained the greatest recognition and autho... Read more

Edward Morgan Forster, though best known as a novelist, also distinguished himself in other genres, including the short story. His first collection of stories as well as four of his six novels appeare... Read more

In a 1959 lecture, "Three Countries," E. M. Forster called himself "a confirmed globetrotter," but the impact of travel on his life and work cannot adequately be suggested by that light phrase. What F... Read more

Critical Essay by John Beer Surveying the novels of [D. H. Lawrence and E. M. Forster] side by side, one is struck by a common curve in their careers. Each wrote an important early novel around the t... Read more

Cecil, a `more than presentable' figure within society, is `good', `clever' and `rich'. With `good' connections and "beautiful manners", Mrs Honeychurch greatly approved of his accepted proposal to ma... Read more

A room with a view is a film which explicitly deals with the conflict between the individual and society undermining many ideas on the gender roles and status of women in the Regency era as well as th... Read more