A Room with a View
March 11, 2008Posted by mmarvs in : Books
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Review by María Cotelo
A Room with a view is a novel set in England and Italy. The story is a romance and a criticism of English society at the same time. It takes place at the beginning of the 20th century.
The novel is divided into two parts. The first one is set in Florence and it makes a description of a young English woman (Lucy Honeychurch) who is travelling around Italy with her family. They are accommodated in a hotel whose owner had promised them a room with a view. But instead of this, the room looks over a small garden. At this moment a love relationship between George (the hotel owner’ s son) and Lucy starts. The relationship continues in the second part of the book but this time in England. Lucy has returned home to “Windy Corner” where she gets engaged to Cecil. But unexpectedly the Emersons (George`s Family) lease a cottage in that area and it is there, where Lucy and George meet again. After a kiss with George Lucy starts to feel a bit confused. She must decide between what it is supposed to do and what she actually desires. Finally she breaks her engagement with Cecil and marries George without the approval of her mother.
The main themes that appear throughout the novel are love, sexuality, freedom and the repression of English people. It is a romantic and optimistic book which describes Lucy’s character in detail, not only her behaviour but her ideas and thoughts. While Lucy is in Italy, her view of the world changes dramatically. For this reason we can consider a clear development of the main character.
In my opinion “A room with a view” is an easy book to read and at the same time full of useful vocabulary. It makes an in-depth description of the characters but not of the ambience and landscapes, whicht in my view makes a foreign language novel more boring for reading.
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