A Room with a View.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Audiobook Review)

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Date: 20040901
Author:Edwards, Jacqueline

A ROOM WITH A VIEW. E.M. Forster. 1908/1991. Read by Joanna David. 6 cds. 7.5 hrs. Audio Partners. 1-57270-346-6. $29,95. Plastic; plot, author, reader notes. SA*

At the beginning of the 20th century, Lucy Honeychurch begins a journey to Florence chaperoned by her spinster aunt; they are very disappointed to discover their hotel room does not have the promised view of the river Arno. George Emerson and his father shock the small society of staid English guests by offering to exchange their rooms with the ladies. From this claustrophobic, conventional, Victorian beginning, ...

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