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  <default_description>Published in 1908, &lt;I&gt;A Room with A View&lt;/I&gt; is one of E. M. Forster's most celebrated works. Forster explores love among a cast of eccentric characters gathered in an Italian pension and in a corner of Surrey, England. Caught up in a world of social snobbery, Lucy Honeychurch must make a decision that will decide the course of her future: She is forced to choose between convention and passion.</default_description>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 28 19:10:13 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 09 23:08:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first book that I've just tipped over in love with in a long time.  <br/><br/>Having seen the movie Howard's End, and knowing that E.M. Forster wrote in the late 19th/early 20th century, and having watched that episode of The Office where the Finer Things Club discussed this book, I fu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18890192">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 24 05:42:46 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Apr 20 17:01:15 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is yet another book that I was inspired to read prior to the PBS Masterpiece presentation on Sunday 4/13/08.  (Again, I was horribly disappointed in the televison adaptation, but that is another story altogether.)  Interestingly enough, this book (or more appropriately, the mention thereof) als...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18493603">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="7861699">
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    <name><![CDATA[Ann]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Fans of Austen or Montgomery or Alcott]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Katie!]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 17 18:15:54 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 26 18:39:34 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[What a beautiful story!<br/>I really didn't know what to expect—would this be a character story, a philosophical one, a romance?  It ended up being a lovely mix of all three.  The story centers around Lucy, a young woman who realizes, for the first time, that she has ideas of her own.  In other w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7861699">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13776451">
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    <location><![CDATA[Dallas, TX]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Jane Austen fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 27 20:00:47 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 11 09:15:29 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I find comedies of manners and WASP dramas about one's place in society so tiring... last night we finally got a true plot development and I woke up a bit. I'm such a bad &quot;girl&quot; reader this way. Cue some action, PLEASE.<br/><br/>UPDATE: I can't keep reading this. Taking it off the bedsid...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13776451">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="9334081">
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>9</votes>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 19 19:18:55 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 01 18:17:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>8</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I own a beautiful copy of this book. It's a 1962 pocket edition hardcover printed in England and I have all of Forster's novels in a matching set of them. So when I say that I want to tear this book apart, please understand the very serious implications of that statement.<br/><br/>I want to break ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9334081">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22346141">
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    <location><![CDATA[Los Altos, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>4</votes>
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  <date_added>Thu May 15 21:38:04 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 15 21:41:06 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Forster’s most delightful novel chronicles the awakening of Lucy Honeychurch, whose sojourn in Italy broadens her views, and ultimately her life, far beyond anyone’s expectations—not least of all her own! Forster draws the characters with precision, humor, and depth, from the spinsterish cousi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22346141">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24475584">
    <user id="819722">
    <name><![CDATA[Michelle]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 14 07:47:48 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 14 08:19:40 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having been unimpressed with &quot;A Passage to India,&quot; I wasn't expecting too much from this Forster novel.  I was tickled to be proved wrong.  The plot is interesting, the language is &quot;clever,&quot; and the philosophy is respectfully thoughtful and ridiculous.  However, what really makes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24475584">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23053680">
    <user id="340730">
    <name><![CDATA[Lisa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Saint Louis, MO]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 27 10:56:51 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 10 15:26:05 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up this book because I'd liked &quot;Howards End&quot; and because it was 50 cents at a book fair.  I was pleased to discover that the first part of the book takes place in Florence and enjoyed reading scenes in Santa Croce, near the Arno, etc.<br/><br/>I also enjoyed reading this book be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23053680">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22420055">
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  <read_at>Fri May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Aug 20 16:51:53 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this whilst on holiday in Tuscany, as I thought it perfect for the setting. I loved it, but for me the book is inseparable from the fantastic 1985 film adaptation by Merchant-Ivory. In this case I would actually recommend seeing the film before reading the book; especially if you have never b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22420055">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21346622">
    <user id="899852">
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 30 14:26:27 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 30 15:40:12 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I went into this book not really knowing what to expect, or to be more honest, I think I went into it expecting a romance.  I had seen the movie when I was 11 or 12, so I had a vague recollection of passionate kisses in the bushes (that makes it sound so errotic, but it is really not at all--I wish ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21346622">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13303362">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 23 13:20:53 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 30 09:33:27 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[While I enjoyed this novel, I didn't think it was as brilliant as some of my friends did. Maybe it's because I read it with the point of view of someone in 2009, and without a true understanding of the conventions of 1908, but I found some of the characters' reactions to be strange.<br/><br/>When ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13303362">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="7844767">
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Nov 05 01:39:18 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[First, I must be clear that I started reading A Room with a View before this week’s episode of The Office.  Although I would gladly join the Good Things Club, it did not inspire me.<br/><br/>Instead, I found this book at my apartment and decided it is time I read it.  I started it as a teenager,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7844767">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5463199">
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 31 22:57:20 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 31 23:38:06 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I first read this book in high school but picked it up again when I was studying in London.  The strange thing is the British version, or perhaps only this mysterious edition found only in this particular university library, had an alternate ending written later and added in.  No longer closing with...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5463199">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30240399">
    <user id="1134884">
    <name><![CDATA[Scott]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 15 11:52:07 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This comes as a surprise. I really didn't expect that my favorite novel this summer would be a hundred-year-old Edwardian romance full of snobs, twits, and silly young girls. But every page of E M Forster's <em>A Room with a View</em> (1908) was a delight. The book is an almost perfect blend of humor and ser...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30240399">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19078937">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[dandies, fops, women of means]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 31 04:40:58 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 09 10:41:46 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I finally got around to reading this book, and I'll admit it was a challenge not just playing the movie along in my head the whole time. Happily, it's an enjoyable read in its own right. Forster's prose is playful and wise and surprisingly relevant to the 21st Century -- Cecil Vyse may be the first ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19078937">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is so pleasing to me to return to so-called &quot;classic&quot; literature and love it just as much as I love contemporary fiction. Don't read Forster for his plots, which are relatively traditional, or his style, which is nothing too amazing. Don't read him for his characters, all of whom, despi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40440974">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found myself in the rare situation of reading a book after I've watched the movie.  Unfortunately, my mind was forced to conform to the images of the actors and actresses playing the parts of George and Lucy and Cecil.  Thankfully, they were good images and I was comforted to know that a movie I l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19285061">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dealing with the impact and beauty of specific places, the sometimes oppressing bonds of civility, and the obscure but powerful imperatives of human nature, this book tells a thoughtful, dramatic story. Lucy is a young Englishwoman traveling to Florence with her proper and older cousin, who also act...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61126860">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When traveling I like to do research before I arrive to get a feel for a place. I like to read books about my destination and books written by local authors. The Italian city of Florence is on my soon to visit list so I am looking for works about Florence and Tuscany. Recently an article in the New ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60362429">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this novel, but not as much as <em>Howards End</em>. I'd give it 3.5 stars if I could. What I liked was the witty dialogue - Forster's dialogue really shines, and the exchange been the cast of oh-so-British characters is quite humorous. Lots of on-target jabs at tourists, which would certainly transf...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56021956">more...</a>]]></body>
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