Who wrote the novels 'A Passage to India' and 'A Room with a View'?
A Room with a View A Room with a View A Room with a View is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the restrained culture of Edwardian era England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century. Merchant Ivory produced an award-winning film adaptation in 1985. The Modern Library ranked "A Room with a View" 79th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century (1998). The first part of the novel is set in Florence, Italy,
A Passage to India (film) in the overt political content, as opposed to the lighter tone and more subdued political subtext in works such as "Howards End" and "A Room With a View". "A Passage to India" deals with the delicate balance between the English and the Indians during the British Raj. The question of what actually happened in the caves remains unanswered in the novel. "A Passage to India" sold well and was widely praised in literary circles. It is generally regarded as Forster's best novel, quickly becoming a classic of English literature. Over many years several film directors were interested in adapting the