{"product_id":"9781486412716","title":"A Room with a View - The Original Classic Edition","description":"A Book With a Heart: A ROOM WITH A VIEW depicts a young Englishwomans adventure trying to come to grips with the conflict between her desires and societys expectations. Lucy Honeychurch is a well-bred young middle class girl on holiday in radiant Florence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe comes from a family overconcerned with respectability and is therefore overprotected by a dessicated spinster named Charlotte Bartlett. One wonders if Forster had in mind a more famous Charlotte B. when he drew Lucys protector, a woman much discomfited by [any] unpleasant scene[s]. Forster playfully tosses barbs at this dont-let-the-servants-hear-you world the English try to maintain on foreign soil. Less playful with sanctimonious Puritans or hypocritical clergymen, Forster lets them foil themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder no circumstances will Miss Bartlett allow Lucy to pursue (or even examine) her affection for the handsome young George Emerson--his father is far too unconventional with his modern notions about honesty and freethinking. Duty must reign . . . mustnt it? Ah, that wild transitional phase between the late-Victorians and the early-Moderns!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForster writes gently and calmly, but with a passion for life and love welling up beneath the surface. A ROOM WITH A VIEW is a lovely book, vital with the force of a sensitive and empathetic mind. Theres even more to this book than it seems--highly recommended!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emereo Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136342802672,"sku":"9781486412716","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781486412716_p0.jpg?v=1763634720","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781486412716","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}