A Room with a View, novel by E.M. Forster, published in 1908. Forster’s keen observation of character and of British life informed the work, which reflected the author’s criticism of restrictive conventional British society. While on vacation in Italy, affluent young Lucy Honeychurch becomes attracted to passionate, vital George Emerson. Once they are back in England, however, Lucy becomes engaged to the dilettante Cecil Vyse, an emblem of bloodless English society. A Room of One’s Own is an essay written by Virginia Woolf. Source: britannica.com