A Room with a View | E.M. Forster Week

In which I talk about A Room with a View . . .

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[rae_of_sunlight]

I love A Room With a View (like everyone else, probably especially because of the Merchant Ivory film which is one of my all-time favourites). I found Lucy a really relatable character; I think Forster shows such perception with the way Lucy simultaneously tries to be her own person and also to conform to other people's expectations of her, the identity struggle this creates and how this plays out in her personal life.

[swerve]

thanks. love it. my genius mum is just 82, stroke paralysed, half, and raved how she just last night finished Room With a View, turned to the front and started again. She's ordered them All from her library now, all the E.M.'s. thank you again. I wish she had internet as sh'd delight in listening to you.

[sarahsperusals]

this is the only forster i’ve read, and i loved it!! very excited to read the rest of his works

[Belinda-pmsi]

Going to read it on my Rome trip. Hope I would like it. Thank you for the review.

[marywilson]

I like this theme of reading the first line of the book at the beginning of each video! :)

[HannahsBooks]

I very much agree with you that Forster is a wonderful place to start for people who are new to classics--and A Room with a View might be idea especially for younger readers. It is not one of my very favorite Forster's either, but it is my husband's very favorite. Always a lovely read.

[johnsaxongitnolife]

I don’t actually mind this book 📖 please stay safe love you and your amazing channel love your number one fan in Australia

[launchedathousand]

This is the only E.M Forster book I'd heard of before watching your channel, hoping to start reading his books soon!

[milom]

I really enjoyed both the book and it'sadaptation. Admittedly, I think the movie is one of the funniest I've ever watched. I also wholeheartedly recommend listening to the BBC radio drama (it's from the 80s I think?) - you can find it here, on YouTube!

[suzannahdarcy]

This is one case where I much prefer the film to the book. The Merchant Ivory production starring a very young Helena Bonham-Carter is one of my all time favourite films

[pppppp]

I love A Room with a View partly because of the film adaptation starring Helena Bonham Carter.

[MilenaReads]

I really want it to be summer now, so that I can read this again, haha.

[mame-musing]

Yes, I am one of those readers that places “A Room With a View” as my favorite among the Forster novels. I won’t deny that the Merchant Ivory film may have contributed somewhat in reinforcing that opinion. One’s “respectability” is subjective. It is more determined by the social sensibilities of those of higher social ranking rather than one’s social peers.

[BookishTexan]

I've never read this book, but I have seen the Merchant Ivory adaptation many times.

[albertobozzetto]

Good job, by the way, greetings from Italy😉

[doowopshopgal]

I tried so hard to love this book. I had about 20 more pages and could not take it, so I DNF for now. Yes I got the gist of it however I couldn’t put myself into what the author was saying or meant. I even tried listening through audio just so I could get through it but not even that helped. It’s still on my goodread so hopefully soon I will finish it. I’m glad a lot of people liked it.

[ellie]

I've just started it.
Just a few chapters in.
The people are awful snobs, looking down on and judging people, such snobs, a horrible sense of entitlement.
Awful people.
They feel so superior because of the position they were born in to.
They're vile!

I can't stand hearing about them.
They are so dismissive of everyone who isn't *their sort*

[carolineharnish]

I haven't read any Ian Forester books! But thank you for the introduction. Can you please do something similar with the Elizabeth Gpudge books? Like: Island Magic, The Dean's Watch, The Little White Horse, & Green Dolphin Street?

[RisingPhoenix]

What do you think about the movie adaptation of "A room with a view" ?

[MargaretPinard]

Interesting comments on Englishness abroad 💕 identity loosens...