Ready Reference Treatise: A Room with a View

By Raja Sharma

“A Room with a View” by E. M. Forster was first published in 1908. The story revolves around a young woman living in the repressed culture of Edwardian England.

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

In the year 1985, the book was adapted into a film by the producer Merchant Ivory, and it proved to be an award winner.

Repressed sexuality is one of the most significant themes of the novel. The book thoroughly explores the theme through the character of the protagonist of the novel.

The desired freedom from institutional religion is another major theme. The story reveals how the religious institutions influenced the lives of the people for good or bad.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Jan 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301719983

Raja Sharma

Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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Ready Reference Treatise: A Room with a View

Raja Sharma

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Chapter One: Preface

Guide books or book notes are primarily written to make students understand the original text better, especially from all those angles which are often overlooked by a casual reader.

But, in the recent years it has been noticed that a very large majority of the students, without reading the original texts, rely on the guide books or notes prepared by their teachers or others. This is definitely not a healthy habit because students do pass their exams with the help of such notes; they miss so many things which haunt them in their later lives.

I would strongly advise all students to read the original text once again even if you have already read it, after reading this short treatise. You will see that the same story, after reading this treatise, will begin to give many new meanings to you.

All the best

Raja Sharma

Chapter Two: About E. M. Forster

Edward Morgan Forster is considered to be one of the most widely read English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and librettist. He was born