About the Book

A Room with a View is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the restrained culture of Edwardian era England.

Setting and Themes

Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a humorous critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century.

Adaptations and Recognition

Merchant Ivory produced an award-winning film adaptation in 1985. The Modern Library ranked A Room with a View 79th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century (1998).