A Room with a View: First Thoughts

E.M. Forster’s novel, A Room with a View, is a welcome change from Twain’s, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  Call me a romantic, or maybe just girly, but a story line filled with love and romance would sell me any day, much more than a descriptive adventure tale.  A Room with a View was a refreshing read in that it was quick and easy to follow, yet still hit on some deeper issues.  Through his unconventional characters and well-developed plot, Forster offers an almost humorous critique of England society in the early 19^th century.  While I did not read the background on this book and how the people received it, I would imagine that it was a wake-up call to the people of that time period.  Furthermore, while it may seem cliché today, it was enjoyable to have Lucy choose her own path over the more conventional or “suitable” one.