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A Room with a View
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Start date
July 1, 2011
Finish date
July 31, 2011

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Eileen
Jun 16, 2018 rated it liked it
2.5 stars (ok)

I liked the prose and the descriptions of Italy but did not find the characters and plot that interesting.
GailW
Oct 17, 2018 rated it really liked it
I almost did not make it through the first half - tedious, archaic, blah. But one needs to plough through all that to understand the second half. And if while reading the second half, one remembers that the book was written in 1908, the light definitely shines through.
Karen
Apr 29, 2023 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics, audiobook
How have I never read this crown jewel of a book! If I had to pick one book to bring with me to the proverbial desert island it would be this one. If I could only reread this book for the rest of my life to the exclusion of any other books, that would be fine too.

I'm sure I can't add anything to the 174,000+ reviews already here on GR. If you are a classics lover and haven't read this one, find it immediately! I listened to the audio version read by Frederick Davidson = I would listen to him rea
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Lindsey
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BookishStitcher
Jun 17, 2016 rated it really liked it
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Jess Penhallow
Feb 19, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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