Ukrainer's review
A Room With a View by E.M. Forster
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.
Instead, I found this book at my apartment and decided it is time I read it. I started it as a teenager, but when I discovered the film version—which I adore—was so faithful to the book, I didn’t see the purpose.
I enjoyed A Room with a View, but this is a case of the film spoiling the book. The Merchant-Ivory production is so good that the book has to pale in comparison. Of course, if I had read the book first, I might feel differently.
For example, one of the most breathtaking, beautiful, and romantic scenes in all cinema is when Lucy Honeychurch stumbles into a field of violets, in Italy, with Puccini swelling in the background, and George Emerson kisses her. Sigh.
According to the book, “George had turned at the sound of her arrival. For a moment he contemplated her, as one ...more
Instead, I found this book at my apartment and decided it is time I read it. I started it as a teenager, but when I discovered the film version—which I adore—was so faithful to the book, I didn’t see the purpose.
I enjoyed A Room with a View, but this is a case of the film spoiling the book. The Merchant-Ivory production is so good that the book has to pale in comparison. Of course, if I had read the book first, I might feel differently.
For example, one of the most breathtaking, beautiful, and romantic scenes in all cinema is when Lucy Honeychurch stumbles into a field of violets, in Italy, with Puccini swelling in the background, and George Emerson kisses her. Sigh.
According to the book, “George had turned at the sound of her arrival. For a moment he contemplated her, as one ...more
