7/18/2019 05-A ROOM WITH A VIEW.docx http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/05-a-room-with-a-viewdocx 1/30 A ROOM WITH A VIEW E.M. Forster Context → Edward Morgan Forster was born on January 1, 1879, in London, into an upper middle lass !amily. "is !at#er, an ar#itet, died two years later, and t#e young Forster was raised by #is mot#er and #is great aunt. $#ese women remained in!luential o%er Forster !or mu# o! #is li!e, w#i# s#eds some lig#t on #is pre!erene !or strong !emale #araters in #is no%els. Forster graduated !rom &ing's College, Cambridge, in 19(1 and resol%ed to pursue #is writing. "e tra%eled in )taly and *reee wit# #is mot#er, and wor+ed as a tutor in *ermany in 19(. )n t#e same year #e publis#ed #is !irst no%el, Where Angels Fear to Tread.The Longest Journey -19(7 and A Room with a View -19(8 soon !ollowed. Forster wrote t#e !irst #al! o! A Room with a View during a stay in )taly wit# #is mot#er. $#e no%el s#ows #is support !or t#e new, liberal soial be#a%iors o! t#e Edwardian age, in ontrast to t#e more sober ideals pre%alent during /ueen 0itoria's reign. E%en in #is early wor+, Forster's style distinguis#ed itsel! as lig#ter and more on%ersational in dition t#an t#e Englis# no%elists w#o preeded #im. "is ritial yet sympat#eti %iews o! people and t#eir interations mar+ed #im as a master o! #arater and soietal analysis. )n 191(, #is no%el Howard's End was publis#ed to great publi alaim. A Passage to India -192 was publis#ed in 192, and is +nown as #is most omplex and mature wor+. $#e years between t#e turn o! t#e entury and 3orld 3ar ) were an optimisti time !or England. 4s liberal Edwardian ideals slowly mo%ed in o%er t#e old 0itorian ways, a general optimism began to pre%ail, mani!ested in t#e belie! t#at man mig#t be made better t#roug# a more liberal eduation. $#roug#out #is li!e, Forster stressed t#e importane o! indi%iduality and good will, emp#asi5ing #is belie! in #umanity's potential !or sel!6impro%ement. Forster beame an ati%e member o! a mo%ement o! writers and t#in+ers +nown as t#e loomsbury *roup, a number o! intelletuals de!ined in part tby t#eir radial opposition to 0itorian traditions and manners. )nluded among t#e ot#er members o! t#e group were 0irginia 3ool! and Jo#n Maynard &eynes. Cambridge o!!ered Forster a !ellows#ip in 192, and #e remained t#ere until #is deat# on June 7, 197(. "e aepted an rder o! Merit in 199. 4long wit# #is no%els, Forster also publis#ed s#ort stories, essays, and t#e !amous ritial wor+, Ase!ts o" the #o$el. "e also ollaborated wit# Eri Cro5ier on t#e libretto to t#e opera %illy %udd& ailor& omposed by en:amin ritten. "is 1
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Luy "oney#ur#, a young upper middle lass woman, %isits )taly under t#e #arge o! #er older
ousin C#arlotte. 4t t#eir pension, or guest#ouse, in Florene, t#ey are gi%en rooms t#at loo+ into
t#e ourtyard rat#er t#an out o%er t#e ri%er 4rno. Mr. Emerson, a !ellow guest, generously o!!ers
t#em t#e rooms belonging to #imsel! and #is son *eorge. 4lt#oug# C#arlotte is o!!ended by Mr.Emerson's la+ o! tat and propriety, s#e !inally does agree to t#e swit#. Luy is an a%id young
pianist. Mr. eebe, wat#es #er passionate playing and predits t#at someday s#e will l i%e #er li!e
wit# as mu# gusto as s#e plays t#e piano.
Luy's %isit to )taly is mar+ed by se%eral signi!iant enounters wit# t#e Emersons. )n ;anta Croe
#ur#, *eorge omplains t#at #is !at#er means well, but always o!!ends e%eryone. Mr. Emerson
tells Luy t#at #is son needs #er in order to o%erome #is yout#!ul melan#oly. Later, Luy is wal+ing
in t#e <ia55a ;ignoria, !eeling dull, w#en s#e omes in lose ontat wit# two =uarreling )talian men.
ne man stabs t#e ot#er, and s#e !aints, to be resued by *eorge. n t#eir return trip #ome, #e
+isses #er, mu# to #er surprise. ;#e +eeps #is ras# be#a%ior a seret.
n a ountry outing in t#e #ills, Luy wanders in sear# o! Mr. eebe and t#e superilious #aplain,
Mr. Eager. "owe%er, t#e )talian ab dri%er leads #er instead to *eorge, w#o is standing on a terrae
o%ered wit# blue %iolets. *eorge sees #er and again +isses #er, but t#is time C#arlotte sees #im
and #astises #im a!ter t#ey #a%e resurnedreturned to t#e pension. ;#e lea%es wit# Luy !or >ome
t#e next day.
$#e seond #al! o! t#e boo+ enters on Luy's #ome in ;urrey, w#ere s#e li%es wit# #er mot#er, Mrs.
"oney#ur#, and #er brot#er, Freddy. 4 man s#e met in >ome, t#e snobbis# Ceil 0yse, proposes
marriage to #er !or t#e t#ird time, and s#e aepts #im. "e disappro%es o! #er !amily and t#e ountry
people s#e +nows, !inding t#em oarse and unsop#istiated. $#ere is a small, ugly %illa a%ailable !or
rent in t#e town, and as a :o+e, Ceil o!!ers it to t#e Emersons, w#om #e meets by #ane in a
museum. $#ey ta+e #im up on t#e o!!er and mo%e in, mu# to Luy's initial #orror.
*eorge plays tennis wit# t#e "oney#ur#es on a ;unday w#en Ceil is at #is most intolerable. 4!ter
t#e game, Ceil reads !rom a boo+ by Miss La%is#, a woman w#o also stayed wit# Luy and
C#arlotte at t#e pension in Florene. $#e no%el reords a +iss among %iolets, and Luy reali5es t#atC#arlotte let t#e seret out. )n a moment alone, *eorge +isses #er again. Luy tells #im to lea%e, but
*eorge insists t#at Ceil is not t#e rig#t man !or #er, #arateri5ing Ceil as ontrolling and
appreiati%e o! t#ings rat#er t#an people. Luy sees Ceil in a new lig#t, and brea+s o!! #er
engagement t#at nig#t.
"owe%er, Luy will not belie%e t#at s#e lo%es *eorge? s#e wants to stay unmarried and tra%el to
*reee wit# some elderly women s#e met in )taly, t#e Miss 4lans. ;#e meets old Mr. Emerson by
#ane, w#o insists t#at s#e lo%es *eorge and s#ould marry #im, beause it is w#at #er soul truly
wants. Luy reali5es #e is rig#t, and t#oug# s#e must !ly against on%ention, s#e marries *eorge,
and t#e boo+ ends wit# t#e #appy ouple staying toget#er in t#e Florene pension again, in a room
wit# a %iew.
Analysis
$#e boo+ depits Luy's struggles as s#e emerges as #er own woman, growing !rom indeision to!ul!illment. ;#e struggles between strit, old6!as#ioned 0itorian %alues and newer, more liberal
mores. )n t#is struggle Luy's own idea o! w#at is true e%ol%es and matures. "er trip to )taly opens
#er s#eltered eyes to ideas and people unli+e t#ose s#e #as +nown growing up in t#e Englis#
ountryside. ;#e also noties #ow !reely )talian lasses seem to mix, and reali5es t#at t#e soial
boundaries s#e #as always regarded as !ixed are atually arbitrary. "er experiene wit# t#e
Charlotte Bartlett 6 Luy's older, poorer ousin and an old maid, C#arlotte aompanies Luy to
)taly as a #aperone, and attempts to up#old w#at is Aproper.A ;#e #as old6!as#ioned notions and
does not appro%e o! t#e Emersons. ;#e seems to onspire against t#e #appiness o! e%eryone wit##er tiresome and loying manner, but in t#e end, s#e mysteriously assists Luy to pass into !inal
marital #appiness.
George Emerson 6 4 young man wit# a passionate desire !or trut#, and at t#e beginning o! t#e
boo+, a !altering #opelessness t#at li!e is not atually wort# li%ing. $#oug# #e is o! a lower soial
lass, #e !alls in lo%e wit# Luy in )taly, and s#e beomes a beaon o! #ope to #im in #is sear# !or
:oy and meaning. "e enourages #er not to marry Ceil and #elps #er to !ollow t#e true ways o! #er
#eart.
Mr. Emerson 6 Besribed, alternately, as being bot# ungentlemanly and beauti!ul, Mr. Emerson
means well but onstantly o!!ends proper soietal on%entions wit# #is abrupt manner o! spea+ing
and #is blatant #onestly. 4n a%id reader, #e espouses liberal %alues, and also plays a role in #elping
Luy to surrender #ersel! to #er true desires e%en i! it means %iolating soial taboos. "is wi!e is
dead.
Cecl Vyse 6 $#e disli+able man w#o beomes Luy's !iane !or a s#ort period o! time. Ceil is
pretentious and despises all t#e ountry people o! Luy's town, !inding t#em unsop#istiated and
oarse in omparison to t#e a!!luent London soiety #e is used to. "e sees Luy not !or #ersel! but
as an abstrat %ision t#at #e #as #ung upon #er. "e treats people wit#out +indness or respet. Ceil
tries to be aut#oritarian and manly, but is atually aw+ward and sel!6onsious.
Mr. Bee!e 6 $#e retor in Luy's town, a tat!ul and pleasant man w#o aims to use #is in!luene to#elp %arious #araters. "e ta+es a li+ing to t#ose w#o are #onest, but sees t#e good in almost
e%eryone. "e supports Luy all t#roug# t#e boo+ until s#e deides to marry *eorge, w#en #e oddly
turns against t#e idea.
"re##y 6 Luy's younger brot#er, w#o is energeti and lo%es tennis, swimming, and t#e study o!
anatomy. "e disli+es Ceil and li+es *eorge.
The Mss Alans 6 sually re!erred to in t#e plural, t#ese two old spinster sisters, Cat#arine and
$eresa 4lan, stay at t#e same pension as Luy and t#e ot#ers in Florene. $#ey are mild6mannered
and %ery proper, but t#ey #a%e an ad%enturous strea+ t#at will e%entually ta+e t#em tra%eling all o%er
t#e world.
Mss La$sh 6 4n ostentatious writer w#o also stays in t#e same pension in Florene, and #opes to
write no%els about )talian li!e. ;#e is outspo+en and le%er, but also abrasi%e. ;#e despises Englis#
people tra%eling abroad and belie%es s#e alone +nows t#e AtrueA )taly? #owe%er, #er
unon%entionality !alls %ery lose to on%entional ideas.
Mr. Eager 6 $#e ritis# #aplain in Florene. "e is rude to )talians, un+ind to t#e Emersons, and
perpetuates a !alse rumor t#at Mr. Emerson murdered #is wi!e.
Mnne 6 Mr. eebe's rambuntious 1D6year6old niee, w#o stays wit# t#e "oney#ur#es during a
dip#t#eria epidemi.
%r Harry Ot&ay 6 4 loal in Luy's town w#o buys t#e two %illas, Cissie and 4lbert, subse=uently
Miss Luy "oney#ur# is a somew#at na%e young woman sent on #oliday to )taly under t#e
#arge o! #er older ousin, Miss C#arlotte artlett. $#e two are staying at t#e ertolini <ension inFlorene. $#e story opens around t#e dinner table at t#e pension, w#ere Luy and #er ousin lament
t#at t#oug# promised rooms in t#e !ront o! t#e pension, t#ey #a%e been gi%en rooms in t#e ba+,
wit# no %iew. ne o! t#e ot#er guests, Mr. Emerson, o!!ers to swit# rooms wit# t#em, as #e and #is
son *eorge, a =uiet young man, #a%e a %iew !rom t#eir two rooms. "owe%er, #is generous o!!er is
%iewed wit# suspiion by t#e ot#er pension guests, :ust as #is abrupt and open manner o!!ends t#eir
simply demands to +now #ow Luy intends to AsileneA *eorge, ma+ing insinuations against #is
#arater. Luy wants to tal+ to *eorge to settle t#e matter? C#arlotte disappro%es. C#arlotte as+s
w#at would #a%e #appened i! s#e #ad not appeared in t#e %iolet terrae, but Luy annot pro%ide ananswer. C#arlotte announes t#at t#ey will at# t#e morning train at eig#t !or >ome. $#ey begin to
pa+. Luy tries to s#ow warmt# !or C#arlotte, w#o ma+es Luy !eel obligated toward #er, until Luy
!inally promises not to tell #er mot#er about w#at #as #appened wit# *eorge. *eorge appears
outside t#e window and rings t#e doorbell, but Luy blows #er lamp be!ore #e an see #er. C#arlotte
appears in t#e #all and as+s *eorge to #a%e a word in pri%ate. Luy ries out, A)t isn't true. )t an't all
be true.A C#arlotte silenes #er and t#ey lea%e !or >ome t#e next morning.
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Kow t#at Luy #as to +eep a seret about !ainting and being arried by *eorge, s#e #as to on!ront
t#e !at o! #er aloneness !or t#e !irst time66s#e #as ne%er #ad to +eep anyt#ing seret be!ore, and
!inds t#e solitude Aoppressi%e.A $#e independene to t#in+ on #er own sares #er. ;#e is also a!raid
ArespetableA people ontinues on t#e dri%e into t#e ountry, w#ere Mr. Eager will not tolerate t#e+issing )talians, and !ores t#em to separate. Mr. eebe, on t#e ot#er #and, pri%ately dubs t#e young
)talian man A<#aet#on,A w#o dro%e t#e #ariot o! t#e sun in *ree+ myt#, and t#e woman
A<ersep#one,A w#o was abduted to t#e underworld and %isits eart# only in spring and summer. "e
seems to see somet#ing godly and di%ine in t#ese lower6lass )talians. $#e disparity between t#e
%iews o! t#ese two representati%es o! t#e C#ur# s#ows Forster's willingness to allow t#e C#ur#'s
role to be !airly ambiguous66t#oug# Mr. Eager en!ores a moral ode in!luened as mu# by soiety
as by religion, Mr. eebe is as willing to see di%inity in t#e poor as in t#e ri#. Meanw#ile, Mr.
Emerson protests t#e deision to separate t#e lo%ers on more #uman terms, alling it Aa de!eatAbeause it Aparted two people w#o were #appy.A "is omment about spring existing in bot# nature
and man points out t#at t#e separation o! i%ili5ation !rom nature may only ause un#appiness and
on!inement.
$#e )talian dri%er leads Luy to *eorge, alt#oug# s#e #as tried to as+ #im, using a !ew )talian words,
w#ere to !ind Mr. eebe. $#us, despite #er attempts to !ind #er way ba+ to soiety, )taly itsel!,
embodied in t#e are!ree dri%er, #as ot#er ideas !or #er. $#e terrae is desribed as At#e primal
soure w#ene beauty gus#ed out to water t#e eart#,A w#i# mar+s *eorge's +iss as a part o! t#is
3#en C#arlotte alls !or Luy, s#e interrupts At#e silene o! li!e,A w#i# suggests t#at t#e most
important aspets o! li!e -beauty, musi, lo%e are t#ose t#at are !elt on a non6%erbal le%el. *eorge,
!or example, is entirely silent t#roug# t#is #apter and t#e next, and C#arlotte's %oie ta+es o%er t#e
text as mu# as C#arlotte #as ta+en #arge o! Luy. Mr. Eager twie tells Luy to #a%e ACourage...
ourage and !ait#,A during t#e lig#tning storm, e#oing t#e )talian dri%er at t#e terrae. "owe%er, Mr.
Eager urges #er to belie%e t#at t#ey will remain sa!e -based on sienti!i e%idenes !rom t#e
#arm!ul, wild !ores o! nature, w#ereas t#e dri%er urged Luy and *eorge to #a%e ourage and
embrae t#ose !ores t#at run against i%ili5ation.
Luy longs to understand #ersel!, but C#arlotte is onerned mainly wit# +eeping up appearanes,
lea%ing Luy !eeling old and #elpless. C#arlotte wants Luy to really lo%e #er, but +nows t#at Luy'sa!!etion !or #er is not lo%e, but rat#er a longing !or sympat#y. $#e end o! t#e !irst boo+ !inds
C#arlotte maneu%ering and ontrolling e%eryt#ing, w#ile *eorge and Luy remain separated. *eorge
passes outside t#e window wit# t#e %iew t#at began t#e boo+, and Luy sits inside t#e room@ s#e
#as been returned into t#e soiety and t#e traditions to w#i# s#e #as always belonged66but now s#e
#as a seret w#i# will ine%itably ause #ange. ;#e is still on!used, and says t#at s#e wants Ato
been proteted in )taly by #er ousin C#arlotte, and as Ceil will attempt to protet #er later
in t#e boo+ wit# #is on!ining ideas. $#e urtains also symboli5e #uman limitations@ people
are pre%ented !rom +nowing t#e glory o! #ea%en beause i! t#ey ould see it, it would be
AintolerableA to t#em. )nside, t#e !urniture and Luy may !eel sa!er, but t#ey are denied t#e
beauty o! a A%iew.A
18. "owe%er, Forster's desription o! t#e eart#ly world, as seen in t#e partiular drawing6room, is
one o! pleasantness. Freddy and Mrs. "oney#ur# ertainly #a%e t#eir !aults66Freddy is still
young and #is be#a%ior toward Ceil is =uite rude, w#ile Mrs. "oney#ur# an at times be
somew#at petty and obsessed wit# i%ilities, but bot# are sympat#eti #araters. $#roug#t#eir on%ersation, Ceil is portrayed as a less t#an pleasant person be!ore #e e%en ma+es
an appearane into t#e narrati%e66Freddy's #onesty gi%es extra weig#t to t#e sense o!
mistrust #e #as !or Ceil.
19. Ceil is assoiated in t#is #apter wit# t#e Middle 4ges, and ontinues to be t#roug#out t#e
w#ile t#e last #apter o! t#e boo+, A$#e End o! t#e Middle 4ges,A represents t#e !inal end o! it
one and !or all. Ceil's resemblane to t#e *ot#i statues o! saints suggests bot# #is soial
and #is p#ysial aw+wardness@ li+e a saint, #e seems di!!erent !rom e%eryday people. "isprudis#ness and -as will be seen re!usal to ta+e part in sport add to t#e sense o!
DD. a+ at ;ummer ;treet, Mr. eebe ta+es Freddy to all on t#e Emersons, w#o are mo%ing
into t#eir new #ouse. $#eir rooms are !ull o! boo+s written by t#e latest no%elists and
p#ilosop#ers, w#i# impresses Freddy. *eorge appears and Freddy in%ites #im !or a swim int#e !orest pool. Mr. Emerson also arri%es, spea+ing p#ilosop#ially about a return to Kature.
D2. Mr. eebe aompanies t#e young men into t#e woods, aw+wardly and unsuess!ully trying
to ma+e on%ersation on su# topis as Kature and )taly. *eorge and Mr. eebe brie!ly
debate w#et#er t#eir li%es are ruled by oinidene, as Mr. eebe suggests, or Fate, as
*eorge #ea%ily belie%es. 4t t#e pool, Freddy exitedly strips and :umps in, and *eorge
apat#etially !ollows. Mr. eebe is on%ined to :oin t#em. $#ey tentati%ely start a water !ig#t,
w#i# esalates until t#ey are running na+ed around t#e pool and tossing lot#es
e%eryw#ere.
D. ;uddenly Mrs. "oney#ur#, Luy, and Ceil are seen ma+ing t#eir way down t#e pat# on
t#e way to %isit old Mrs. utterwort#, a neig#bor. Ceil tries to ta+e ommand, but e%eryt#ing
is #aoti, wit# Freddy #iding in t#e bra+en and Mr. eebe in t#e pond. *eorge, wit# only
#is pants on, greets Luy, w#o bows.
D. Ceil, Luy, and Mrs. "oney#ur# #a%e tea wit# Mrs. utterwort#, w#ere Luy re!lets t#at it
is impossible to plan a#ead !or situations. ;#e #ad been planning to bow w#en s#e met
*eorge, but t#e situation and #is As#out o! t#e morning starA made #er bow seem
inappropriate, a meaningless gesture. Ceil is ross wit# Mrs. utterwort#, w#om #e
"oney#ur# deides to in%ite C#arlotte to 3indy Corner. Ceil is insolent and disgusted byt#e entire on%ersation. Luy !eels t#at t#e g#osts surrounding #er trip to )taly are returning.
21. $#oug# tormented by internal doubts as to w#at s#e s#ould do, Luy #andles t#e external
situation wit# ourage. 3#en s#e meets *eorge at t#e >etory, t#ey bot# put aside s#yness
and spea+ o! )taly. *eorge seems to be in better spirits t#an #e one was. $#e narrator o! t#e
story interedes to explain t#at Luy t#in+ s#e lo%es Ceil and is ner%ous about *eorge, and
doesn't reali5e t#at t#e re%erse is atually true.
2. C#arlotte arri%es, on!using e%eryone by s#owing up at t#e wrong train station, missing Mrs.
"oney#ur# w#o was waiting at a di!!erent station, and ta+ing a ab to 3indy Corners.
ne s#e arri%es, Luy, Ceil, Freddy, Freddy's !riend Mr. Floyd, and Minnie try to persuade
#er not to pay t#em ba+ !or t#e ab !are, w#i# Freddy paid. 4 long protrated disussion
results in w#i# Freddy and Ceil try to tri+ C#arlotte into paying less, but Minnie interedes,
and !inally Luy goes into t#e #ouse to get #ange !rom a maid. C#arlotte !ollows #er and
*eorge won't present anyone any problems by being a Aad.A ;#e tries to exuse #is +iss by
saying t#at #e was simply arried away in a moment o! beauty, and ated irrationally, but t#at
it amounts to not#ing. Get s#e ma+es a little slip in #er explanation@ w#en telling C#arlotte
t#at it ma+es a di!!erene w#en you are o%erome by someone beauti!ul, s#e identi!ies t#e
person as a he and not a she.
2D. Luy's musi, as Mr. eebe notied earlier in t#e boo+, is a window into #er mood and t#e
wor+ings o! #er soul. $#e eet#o%en w#i# impressed Mr. eebe so mu# in )taly !or its
sound o! %itory #as now been supplanted, in Ceil's #ome, wit# t#e sad tragi =uality o!
;#umann. 4rt, a world w#i# is assoiated in t#e boo+ wit# t#e eternal and magni!ient, is
seen #ere to be :ust as suseptible to #uman trauma and wea+ness as t#e rest o! li!e66it isnot a transendene o! de:etion but t#e expression o! it. Luy's bad dreams also s#ow #er
misgi%ings about t#e upoming li!e t#at s#e will be expeted to li%e.
22. Mr. Emerson and *eorge belie%e in t#e e=uality o! t#e sexes, and Mr. Emerson in #apter 1
#opes !or a time w#en men and women will be on e=ual terms. )n t#e world o! nature, #e
seems to suggest, one sex does not dominate t#e ot#er, and t#e body is not despised. "e
states t#e belie! t#at w#en people ease to be as#amed o! t#eir bodies and men and women
are e=ual, it will eu=ale=ual a return to t#e garden o! Eden, a paradise. Mr. Emerson's words
debun+, spei!ially, t#e in!luene o! C#ristian morality, w#i# asserts t#at t#e body's urgesare sin!ul and t#at woman -beginning wit# E%e is a temptress and a soure o! sin.
2. $#e bat#ing sene t#at !ollows s#ows Freddy, *eorge, and Mr. eebe, all !rom %ery di!!erent
soial enla%es, strip down and enter t#e water. $#eir bundles o! lot#es on t#e ban+ are t#e
trappings o! soiety, to w#i# t#ey must return? but t#ey are !or t#e moment !ree to at
play!ully, li+e #ildren. )n t#e proess, t#e lot#es are t#rown around? Freddy #as on t#e
lerial waistoat and *eorge #as on Mr. eebe's #at, and all soial ategories beome so
on!used as to be meaningless. *eorge beomes #eer!ul, beause !or one #e an li%e
outside t#e soietal on!ines t#at usually limit #im, and express :oy and be part o! beauty
wit#out being o!!ensi%e. $#e intrusion o! Luy, #er mot#er, and Ceil, =ui+ly brings
e%eryt#ing ba+, and at one t#e narrati%e roots itsel! again in soial distintions.
2. C#apters 11612 -page D
27. →
28.page D o! D
29. Luy #as been well taug#t in #andling soial situations, but s#e #as not yet learned to +now
#ersel!. $#us, #er +nowledge o! #ersel! is on!ined to t#e way s#e interats wit# ot#ers. 4s a
woman, s#e #as not been enouraged to t#in+ #er own t#oug#ts, but to !ind #er plae wit#in
a soiety dominated by men. $#e ourse o! e%ents t#at !ollows, partiularly wit# t#e
Emersons, will #elp #er to reali5e #er true desires. ;#e is too a!raid o! t#e t#ings s#e truly
wants to pursuet#empursue t#em, as t#ey !ore #er to re%olt against e%eryt#ing s#e #as
. )t's ;unday and t#e "oney#ur#es get ready to go to #ur#. 4!ter #ur#, Luy sees t#e
Emersons smo+ing in t#eir garden. Luy !ormally introdues t#em to #er mot#er, and t#e
Emersons say t#ey are t#in+ing o! lea%ing beause t#ey #a%e #eard t#at t#e Miss 4lans
were planning to li%e t#ere. *eorge says t#at t#ere is no way to ma+e e%eryone #appy, :ust
as anyone w#o stands in t#e sun must ast a s#adow somew#ere. Mrs. "oney#ur#
agrees.
. C#arlotte appears but re!uses to spea+ wit# t#e Emersons, bowing at t#em !rom t#e
arriage. *eorge somew#at aw+wardly aepts an in%itation to play tennis wit# t#e
"oney#ur#es t#at a!ternoon? Luy !inds #is aw+wardness endearing. Mr. Emerson
enourages #is son to go, w#i# Luy ta+es as a sure sign t#at *eorge #as not told #is
!at#er about t#e +isses in Florene. ;#e is delig#ted at t#e reali5ation, t#in+ing t#at t#e +iss
must not #a%e been an exploit, and t#at *eorge must not lo%e #er.
7. Freddy, Floyd, and *eorge want to play tennis, and need one more to ma+e a set o! !our.
Ceil re!uses on t#e grounds t#at #e is a bad player, Minnie must stay inside and obser%e
t#e ;abbat#, so Luy plays. Ceil bot#ers t#em all by reading and riti=uing a bad no%el out
loud. 4!ter t#e game, #e reads to Luy and *eorge, w#o reali5e t#at t#e boo+, w#i# ta+es
plae in Florene and onerns a woman named Leonora, must be by Miss La%is#, writing
under t#e pseudonym o! Josep# Emery <ran+.
8. *eorge and Luy are less interested in Ceil's boo+ t#an t#e beauti!ul %iew !rom 3indy
Corner. *eorge explains t#at all %iews are ali+e, made o! air and distane, but wit#somet#ing supernatural added t#at ma+es t#em un!orgettable to ertain people. "e
remembers #is !irst memory@ #is mot#er and !at#er and #imsel! loo+ing out into t#e distane.
Ceil gets !rustrated sine #e annot diret t#e on%ersation t#e way #e wants, but Luy
implores #im to stay and read on. "e reads part o! a #apter about a man embraing a
woman standing in a !ield o! %iolets in spring. Luy suggests t#at t#ey #a%e tea, #oping to
. Ceil's snide and loat#some #arater is !ully de%eloped in t#ese #apters. "is re!usal to
play tennis s#ows t#at #e is not able to perei%e t#at t#e ot#ers want #im to play regardless
o! w#et#er #e is a good player. "e t#en proeeds to bot#er t#e players wit# readings !rom#is no%el, w#i# only distrat t#em. "is sel!6absorbed nature and insensiti%ity to ot#er
people, as well as #is !a%oring o! boo+s bot#er Luy somew#at. ut until *eorge tells #er
exatly w#y s#e s#ould not marry Ceil, s#e doesn't reali5e exatly w#at annoys #er and to
w#at extent.
7. *eorge's spee# on %istas s#ows #is !at#er's in!luene o%er #im. "is omparison o! %iews to
rowds s#ows t#at in people as in landsapes, t#ere an emerge somet#ing #ig#ly power!ul
in t#e olleti%e w#ole w#i# t#at annot be appreiated in :ust one indi%idual. I<4>4*>4<"
4s *eorge points out to Luy, Ceil doesn't %alue #uman li!e, w#i# *eorge #arateri5es as
AsaredA -#apter 1. 4s >ose Maauley #as pointed out in #er boo+, The Writings o" E. (.
Forster& all t#e ma:or #araters in t#e boo+ w#o an be identi!ied wit# t#e !ores o! AgoodA
s#are a !lexible appreiation o! ot#er people t#at a%oids t#e strit morali5ing and pigeon6
72. Mr. eebe reei%es a letter !rom t#e Miss 4lans stating t#at t#ey #a%e deided to tra%el to
*reee and per#aps Constantinople, and t#e t#oug#t o! t#e two spinsters amuses #im so
mu# t#at #e pays a all at 3indy Corner to tell Luy. n t#e road, #e passes Ceil and
Freddy, on t#eir way to bring Ceil to t#e station. Freddy tells Mr. eebe about t#e brea+6up.
7. $#e "oney#ur# #ouse is in a tumult, as t#e winds t#reaten Mrs. "oney#ur#'s !lowers.
Luy plays Mo5art in t#e drawing room, !eeling despondent. Mr. eebe deides to relie%e
e%eryone by ta+ing C#arlotte and Minnie out !or tea at t#e ee#i%e $a%ern. Mr. eebe !inds
out !rom Luy t#at t#e !amily #as not appro%ed o! #er deision. Luy, meanw#ile, is using #er
!amily as an exuse to :usti!y #er sadness, w#i# #as anot#er ause s#e doesn't reali5e !ully.
7. Mr. eebe tells #er about t#e Miss 4lans' trip, and Luy suddenly deides t#at s#e must go
wit# t#e two old women in order to get away and +now #er own mind. Mr. eebe and
C#arlotte disuss t#e situation o%er t#eir trip to get tea, and C#arlotte urges #im t#at t#ere
must be omplete serey around t#e news o! t#e bro+en engagement. Mr. eebe tells
C#arlotte o! Luy's wis# to go to *reee, w#i# #e !inds problemati, but w#i# C#arlotte,
unexpetedly, !ully endorses. ;#e is mysteriously urgent about t#e importane o! Luy's trip,
and Mr. eebe agrees to #elp persuade t#e !amily to allow #er to go. ;eretly, #e belie%es in
elibay, and #opes t#at Luy may remain a %irgin i! s#e goes away.
77. a+ at 3indy Corner, Mr. eebe puts in a good word !or t#e idea o! t#e :ourney, and Luy is
allowed to go. ;#e is glad, but not as glad as s#e expeted to !eel.
78. )n London -#apter 19, Mrs. "oney#ur# and Luy %isit t#e Miss 4lans, w#o are pleased to
#a%e Luy :oin t#em. $#ey t#in+ Luy is still engaged. 4!ter t#e %isit, Mrs. "oney#ur# as+s
#er daug#ter w#y s#e won't di%ulge t#e trut#, but Luy re!uses to say t#at s#e is worried t#at*eorge will !ind out and will ontinue #is ad%anes. Mrs. "oney#ur# !eels #urt t#at #er
daug#ter wants to lea%e #ome, but Luy laims t#at s#e wants #er independene, t#oug#
79. n t#e way #ome, t#ey pass Cissie %illa. Ko lig#ts are on, and t#e gate is padlo+ed. $#eir
dri%er in!orms t#em t#at t#e Emersons #a%e le!t. Luy !eels t#at all t#e energy spent on
going to *reee is unneessary. 4t t#e >etory, t#ey stop !or C#arlotte, w#o wants to go to#ur#. Mrs. "oney#ur# agrees to go wit# #er, but Luy re!uses, and is instead led into t#e
>etory's study.
8(. C#apters 186( -page
81. →
8.page o! D
8D. $#ere s#e omes aross Mr. Emerson, w#o begins to apologi5e !or *eorge's be#a%ior,
explaining t#at #e taug#t #is son to trust in lo%e, beause passions lead one to
understanding. "e as+s Luy not to be too #ars# on *eorge, and not to all #is be#a%ior
Aabominable,A espeially beause *eorge #as Agone under,A in t#e sense t#at #e will ne%er
!ind anyt#ing in li!e wort#w#ile again. "e explains t#at *eorge's mot#er !elt t#e same way
w#en s#e died. $#ey #ad deided not to #a%e *eorge bapti5ed, but w#en #e aug#t typ#oid
!e%er as a boy, s#e blamed #ersel! !or not bapti5ing #im.
82. Kow, Mr. Emerson says t#at *eorge an't bear to be near Luy and #er !amily and is ta+ing
#is !at#er to #is London rooms. Luy implores #im to stay, and re%eals t#at s#e is going to
*reee. Luy begins to lie about #er trip, laiming t#at s#e is going wit# Ceil. Finally s#e
tells Mr. Emerson t#at in trut# s#e is not going wit# Ceil, t#oug# s#e lies about t#e reasons
!or #is absene. Mr. Emerson tells #er t#at #e t#in+s s#e is in a Amuddle,A and is not listening