A Room with a View, Part 10 of 15
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What secret does Elizabeth reveal before starting the reading?
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Good evening. and welcome to the Sleepy Bookshelf, where we put down our worries from the day and pick up a good book. I'm your host, Elizabeth, and it is lovely to have you here with us. Tonight we'll be continuing with A Room with a View by E.M. Forster. Firstly though, Settle into a comfortable position and allow your eyes to close. Imagine yourself beside a calm lake at sunset, the water smooth and still. Now with each breath, picture a gentle ripple Moving across the surface and fading away. Now just count slowly. One as you breathe in. Two as you breathe out. Three as you breathe in. Four as you breathe out. Notice the quiet around you. Thoughts may come and go like clouds in the sky. Just simply watch them pass.
The lake grows calmer with every breath, and so do you. Lucy felt that her experiences abroad had broadened her perspective and made her social divisions seem less significant than she had been raised to believe. In contrast, Cecil became increasingly critical of the narrowness of local society and sought to replace it with what he considered a more cultured circle. Lucy, who had arranged for the Miss Allens to take Sissy Villa in Summer Street, was confused when it was revealed that Cecil had met the Emersons in the National Gallery while visiting his mother in town and had arranged an alternative tenancy with Sir Harry Otway, believing it would challenge the local snobbery. Lucy felt betrayed, but could not admit the truth of her relationship with the Emersons.
She stayed in London with Cecil and his mother while the Emersons moved in, and convinced herself that their arrival no longer mattered now that she was engaged. Her cousin Charlotte, however, wrote and revived concerns about George Emerson, urging Lucy to reveal the secret rendezvous to her family and fiancé. Meanwhile, the Vices believed Lucy was becoming more refined and suited to their social world. Tonight, the Emersons are welcomed to Summer Street, so just lie back and relax as I turn to the next pages of A Room with a View.
Chapter 12 Twelfth Chapter It was a Saturday afternoon, gay and brilliant after abundant rains, and the spirit of youth dwelt in it, though the season was now autumn. All that was gracious triumphed. As the motor cars passed through Summer Street, they raised only a little dust, and their stench was soon dispersed by the wind and replaced by the scent of the wet birches or of the pines. Mr. Beebe, at leisure for life's amenities, leant over his rectory gate, Freddy, lent by him, smoking a pendant pipe. Suppose we go and hinder those new people opposite for a little. Hmm. They might amuse you. Freddy, whom his fellow creatures never amused, suggested that the new people might be feeling a bit busy and so on, since they had only just moved in.
I suggest we should hinder them, said Mr. Beeb. They are worth it. Unlatching the gate, he sauntered over the triangular green to Sissy Villa.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What secret does Elizabeth reveal before starting the reading?
0:00–18:29
2
How does Lucy's perspective change after her experiences abroad?
18:29–27:30
3
What events unfold when the Emersons move into Summer Street?
27:30–29:53
4
How do the characters react to the arrival of the Emersons?
29:53–57:15