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A Room with a View

By: E. M. Forster
Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
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 A Room with a View portrays the love of a British woman for an expatriate living in Italy, a country which to Forster represents the forces of true passion. Caught up in a world of social snobbery, Forster's heroine, Lucy Honeychurch, finds herself constrained by the claustrophobic influence of her British guardians, who encourage her to take up with a well-connected boor. When she regrets that her hotel room has no view, a member of the lower class offers to trade rooms with her. Lucy becomes caught in a struggle between her own emotions and social conventions. In the end, however, Lucy takes control of her own fate and finds love with a man whose free spirit reminds her of a "room with a view".

There are some writers whose work is especially suitable for reading aloud, and E.M. Forster is one. His voices enter the ear with such a delicate balance of force and refinement that listeners are immediately enchanted.

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I enjoyed parts of this book, but found others really annoying - all those social niceties drove me mad!

Good in parts.

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Having read A Passage to India and thoroughly enjoyed it, I embarked upon this with high hopes. However, I found the story more ponderous and less engaging, many of the main characters irritating rather than endearing.
Also, the audio quality was poor, making listening difficult: muffled at low volume, but background noise present at high.

More than a little muffled

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