A Room with a View by E. M. Forster

E.M. Forster was an English writer known for writing on the social issues of British society in the early 20th century.  For Forster’s achievements in writing and as a humanitarian he was made a member of the Order of Merit in 1969.  A Room with a View is a 1908 novel about a young woman in the repressed culture under King Edward VII’s rule.  The novel is a romance as well as a critique of English society at the turn of the century.