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Upper middle class family go to "rescue" the offspring of their son's widow (fathered by her new Italian husband; she died in childbirth). Evocative Italian setting and surprisingly "modern" idioms and turns of phrase ("Dinner was a nightmare.") and attitudes of some of the characters. Unexpected ending.
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This book has everything! Love, Romance, Violence, Cursing ("damn"), smut (from a coal-driven train engine), Sibling rivalry, Opera, nudity (naked baby), marriage, hysteria, death, TOURISM! It is hilarious, it is tragic. In Forster's first novel, he shoots endless insults at upperclass English society, and every single snark is a beautiful shining poison dart. Every discomfort and ridiculous trait stand out in bold relief during international travel.
This book is too often overlooked in E.M. Fors ...more
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What is it about Forster's books that they fade from memory so quickly. Pleasant to read but unmemorable.
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Oct 16, 2012
Rabbit {Paint me like one of your 19th century gothic heroines!}
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