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A Room With a View By E.M. Forster

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It took me longest to put across and structure my views for this Classic. Weighing light as a physical copy, but out-weighing any other thematically, this book delineates complex-sensitive issues of religion, passion, respectability and coming-of-age, without rendering itself into a rebellion or a mundane tone for a wee! It subtly highlights – Experience is the most valuable teacher ! As we witness the prime character of Lucy, growing into a female with grit and determination, from a docile young woman, all through her multifold experiences!   E.M. Forster’s novel, A Room with a view, in written as an omniscient narration, with Lucy Honeychurch (a young woman living in a restrained culture) as the prime-focused character. She is the edifice for the coming-of-age theme, and her journey from adolescence into adulthood is beautifully portrayed. In this process of growing-up, she not only affects her own life, but of the people she stumbles into. Lucy has a challenge to find stren...