His humanistic impulse toward understanding and sympathy may be aptly summed up in the epigraph to his 1910 novel Howards End: 'Only connect'. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society.

Forster, was an novelist, essayist, and short story writer. Have you read any E.M.Edward Morgan Forster, generally published as E.M. I’m hoping that Howards End and A Room with a View were good warm ups! I’m excited to read Forster’s A Passage to India soon, as it’s said to be his best novel. It’s definitely worth a lazy Saturday morning! Next on my to-do list is to watch the 1985 film version starring Helena Bonham Carter and Maggie Smith. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. Life is easy to chronicle but bewildering to practice. The book is clever and very “quoteable.” Here are a few of my favorite highlights: If you’re looking for a “classic” book to read that isn’t too difficult or overwhelmingly long, I’d highly recommend starting with Forster. From there, the story unfolds with some help from coincidence and romance. Emerson, proposes that they change rooms so that the ladies might have a view of the city. An older man staying at the same hotel, Mr. The novel begins with the main character, Lucy Honeychurch, on a trip to Italy, where she and her chaperone are given a room without a view for their stay in Florence. The novel is easy to read, and Forster’s dialogue is clear and witty.

I’ve read Howards End a few times, and I really enjoyed that novel, but I will say that I enjoyed A Room with a View more. This is said to be Forster’s most optimistic book, and I would have to agree based on my limited knowledge of Forster’s work. Though it doesn’t look like it from the rather gloomy painting on the cover of this edition of Forster’s novel, A Room with a View is a love story and a critique of Edwardian society.

Sometimes you need to spend Saturday morning in bed with a good book, alternating between reading and dozing. This morning, I made the (probably unwise) decision to let my work and school tasks wait while I finished reading A Room with a View. Fall is here, and that means things have been picking up speed for me at work and in my graduate classes.

Forster's with a view