A Room with a View

When young Lucy Honeychurch travels to Florence with her fussy cousin Charlotte, she expects a holiday of culture and propriety. Instead, she finds herself entangled with the unconventional Emersons—a blunt father and his brooding son, George—who challenge everything she has been taught about love, duty, and freedom. A shocking street murder, a stolen kiss on a hillside of violets, and the stifling drawing rooms of Surrey force Lucy to choose between the safe path of social expectation and the terrifying thrill of true feeling. This faithful modern retelling preserves Forster’s wit, warmth, and piercing insight while rendering his prose in vivid, natural English for today’s reader. Rediscover a story that asks: what is the point of a room with a view if you never dare to look out? Part of Timeless Classics.