A Room with a View

1909, a lovely copy of the second impression of E M Forster's third novel

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First edition, second impression. Hardback bound in the original red cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board. 19.5 × 12.5cm, 324pp + 10pp publisher's ads.

More than a love story, A Room with a View is a penetrating social comedy and a brilliant study of contrasts—in values, social class, and cultural perspectives—and the ingenuity of fate. Its heroine, Lucy Honeychurch, visits Italy with her prim cousin Charlotte as a chaperone, where she meets the unconventional, lower class Mr. Emerson and his son, George. Upon her return to England, Lucy becomes engaged to the supercilious Cecil Vyse, but finds herself increasingly torn between the expectations of the world in which she moves and the passionate yearnings of her heart.

Condition

This copy is in very good condition for its age. The red cloth has light bumping to the boards' edges and to the spine ends, there is a hint of fading to the spine. The gilt titling remaining clear apart from the Arnold at the base of the spine which is faded. One or two light scuff marks. Internally, there is light and intermittent spotted foxing to the pages, which also have some age-toning to the margins. The inner binding is secure with a little light surface wear to the front hinge. Previous owner's name to ffep. Overall, a lovely copy of this enduring classic.

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