A Room with a View in Reading the Classics

Feb 08, 2021 Amle rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classics, read-in-english

I loved this book so much.

If I have any complaints it would be that it was too short. A lot is of the images and feelings are left for the reader to construct on their own, and that's not always a successful strategy.
However, it worked for me this time. I had enough information to get so much more than I though possible from this little story. I have never seen the film but I am hoping to be able to do that in not too long. ...more

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Aug 05, 2012 Katie rated it really liked it

I am aware there are those who find this novel dry and dull, and I understand where many of them are coming from: we've read this story of English love; we've read it many a time. But here's the thing: actually we haven't.

Prior to plowing through this book today, in a rare fit of affection for victorian British lit, I tried to start both Wuthering Heights and Persuasion, and couldn't get more than ten pages into either. Not so for this story. There are the traditionalish struggles between passi ...more

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Mar 27, 2013 Basma Parkar rated it liked it

Lucy is a middle class English girl. With her cousin Charlotte as a chaperone, she visits Italy and her life changes. We see her growing from a naïve, young girl to somebody who can think for herself and take her own decisions. I wish George had a little more presence in the story. I would have liked Lucy and him to spend more time together – falling in love.
A good, fun book for a lazy summer afternoon.

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