{"product_id":"a-room-with-a-view-9780553213232","title":"A Room with a View","description":"This Edwardian social comedy explores love and prim propriety among an eccentric cast of characters assembled in an Italian \u003ci\u003epensione\u003c\/i\u003e and in a corner of Surrey, England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA charming young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch, faints into the arms of a fellow Britisher when she witnesses a murder in a Florentine piazza. Attracted to this man, George Emerson--who is entirely unsuitable and whose father just may be a Socialist--Lucy is soon at war with the snobbery of her class and her own conflicting desires. Back in England, she is courted by a more acceptable, if stifling, suitor and soon realizes she must make a startling decision that will decide the course of her future: she is forced to choose between convention and passion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe enduring delight of this tale of romantic intrigue is rooted in Forster's colorful characters, including outrageous spinsters, pompous clergymen, and outspoken patriots. Written in 1908, \u003cb\u003eA Room with a View\u003c\/b\u003e is one of E. M. Forster's earliest and most celebrated works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16153772\"\u003eE. M. Forster\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bantam Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Mass Market Paperbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.84h x 4.16w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780553213232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0553213237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC027170\"\u003eRomance | Historical | Victorian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdward Morgan Forster was born January 1, 1879 in London and was raised from infancy by his mother and paternal aunts after his father's death. Forster's boyhood experiences at the Tonbridge School, Kent were an unpleasant contrast to the happiness he found at home, and his suffering left him with an abiding dislike of the English public school system. At King's College, Cambridge, however he was able to pursue freely his varied interests in philosophy, literature and Mediterranean civilization, and he soon determined to devote his life to writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis first two novels, \u003ci\u003e Where Angels Fear to Tread\u003c\/i\u003e (1905) and \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Journey\u003c\/i\u003e (1907), were both poorly received, and it was not until the publication of \u003cb\u003eHowards End\u003c\/b\u003e, in 1910, that Forster achieved his first major success as a novelist, with the work many considered his finest creation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForster first visited India during 1912 and 1913, and after three years as a noncombatant in Alexandria, Egypt, during World War I and several years in England, he returned for an extended visit in 1921. From those experiences came his most celebrated novel, \u003ci\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/i\u003e, his darkest and most probing work and perhaps the best novel about India written by a foreigner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a man of letters, Forster was honored during and after World War II for his resistance to any and all forms of tyranny and totalitarianism, and King's College awarded him a permanent fellowship in 1949. Forster spent his later years at Cambridge writing and teaching, and died at Coventry, England, on June 7, 1970. His novel, \u003ci\u003eMaurice\u003c\/i\u003e, written several decades earlier, was published posthumously in 1971.","brand":"Bantam Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42668451627245,"sku":"9780553213232","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_7403fad5-d303-44ca-bf94-d73b809feb2b.jpg?v=1754336221","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/a-room-with-a-view-9780553213232","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}