“If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very exciting both for us and for her.”Īnd, of course, by the end of the story we must assume that she has done so…ģ. Most of her opinions are formed for her by someone else and a s she passes through the story she takes on the opinions given her by the guidebooks, her cousin, clergymen, her fiance, and, finally, George. But there’s another aspect to Lucy that Forster hints at at the beginning: she plays piano, and with a certain passion that her usual appearance does not hint at. She thinks very little, but is nearly always ready to say something. Lucy Honeychurch, as the reader meets her, is nearly an opposite to George. She’s so innocent, yet there’s something wild waiting to be woken inside her. Fortunately, after he has had a pivotal moment with Lucy, he decides, and declares, “I shall probably want to live.” This is especially important for reading the book as a romance since this British Library article notes that early drafts included George’s demise, which would have also killed any hope for an HEA.Ģ. He’s definitely Byronic, given to philosophy when he does say something. He feels too much, apparently, to be able to put any of it into words that mere mortals con comprehend. What is up with George Emerson? He’s depressed. The British Library notes that an early draft included “George’s demise, with a very different ending from the one Forster used ultimately.” Even so, Forster did ultimately write the HEA and managed to include a few other tropes of the romance genre. Let’s look at the romance tropes in A Room With A View, shall we? I would argue that Forster didn’t set out to write a romance novel, rather he wrote a novel that included a romance.

Em forster's a room with a view