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A Room with a View

By: E. M. Forster
Narrated by: Rebecca Hall
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In this rich new audio production, acclaimed British American actress Rebecca Hall brings one of E. M. Forster's most admired works to life in this classic tale of human struggle.

A charming young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch, is wooed by both free-spirited George Emerson and wealthy Cecil Vyse while vacationing in Italy. Though attracted to George, Lucy becomes engaged to Cecil despite twice turning down his proposals. On hearing of the news, George confesses his love, leaving Lucy torn between marrying the more socially acceptable Cecil or George, the man she knows would bring her true happiness. Should Lucy choose social acceptance or true love?

It's both the quintessential Edwardian love story and a classic piece of social comedy, in which Forster is concerned with one of his favorite themes: the "undeveloped heart" of the English middle classes, here represented by a group of tourists and expatriates in Florence. Forster's disapproval of the era's restrictive conventions is reflected through his strong observation of character and society.

A Room with a View was ranked 79th on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. The 1985 film adaptation by James Ivory won three Oscars.

Narrator Biography
Rebecca Hall is an award-winning British-American actress with extensive credits in stage and screen, including leading roles in Christine, Professor Marston & the Wonder Women, Frost/Nixon, and Vicky Christina Barcelona. As the daughter of two theater veterans - the stage director and Royal Shakespeare Company founder Peter Hall and the opera singer Maria Ewing - Rebecca began acting from an early age, and her mastery of the craft is on full display in her nuanced performance of A Room With a View, her debut audiobook narration.

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Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Celebrity Heartfelt British Literature
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Love Rebecca Hall as a performer, and impossible not to picture her as the heroine.

very entertaining

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It takes you on a whirlwind tour of Italy and emotion, and a fight against your own will to do what is acceptable or what is right for you.

Fantastic book

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A wonderful reading of a beautiful book. Forster is a far subtler writer than most, even at his most romantic. And Rebecca Hall manages to channel his layers of nuance both for an audience raised on the famous faithful film adaptation, and anyone new to the novel. What an unalloyed joy to listen to this and be grateful that E. M. Forster still persists in all his surprising modernity.

Captures the essence of Forster’s language

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I love the story and the writing but a slightly irritating narrator! She has repeatedly mispronounced the Italian word andate as andante, she speaks sometimes with hesitancies between words, and from time to time she puts emphasis in completely the wrong place on some extremely well known phrases such as "great coat" and "indeed not". I like her handling of the different voices though.

Great story

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Rebecca Hall is an absolutely marvellous narrator. She makes everything come alive. Joyous book. Hopelessly romantic. In these times, that might be what we all need.

Delightful!

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