A Room with a View; Where Angels Fear to Tread

E.M.Forster’sbelovedItaliannovels,nowinasinglehardcovervolume.Forster’smostmemorablyromanticexplorationoftheliberatingeffectsofItalyontheEnglish,ARoomwithaViewfollowsthecarefullychaperonedLucyHoneychurchtoFlorence.ThereshemeetstheunconventionalGeorgeEmersonandfindsherselfinspiredbyhisrefreshinglyfreespirit—whichputsherinmindof“aroomwithaview”—toescapetheclaustrophobicsnobberyofherguardiansbackinEngland.ThewickedtragicomedyWhereAngelsFeartoTreadchroniclesayoungEnglishwidow’striptoItalyanditsmessyaftermath.WhenLiliaHerritonimpulsivelymarriesapennilessItalianandthendiesinchildbirth,herfirsthusband’sfamilysetsouttorescuethechildfromhis“uncivilized”surroundings.Butinwaysthattheycan’tpossiblyimagine,theirnarrowpreconceptionswillbeupendedbytherichandvariedcharmsofForster’scherishedItaly.