A Room with a View
British novelist, 1879–1970.
A Room with a View is a 1908 novel by E.M. Forster.
On 2 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- E.M. Forster
- First published
- 1908
- Length
- 240 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Romance and love stories, Class and society
Is A Room with a View worth reading?
2 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it: The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture) and 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 79 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 32 | See the list |
Best edition of A Room with a View
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2006), 240 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2006)
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN
- 9780141183299
How critics and readers rate A Room with a View
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 20% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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