> In which novel published in 1908 does a character named Lucy Honeychurch spendtime in both Italy and England?And the answer: A Room with a View.Courtesy of LetterboxdWritten by English author E. M. Forster, A Room With A View is both a romancenovel and a humorous critique of English society, at the beginning of the 20thcentury. It was adapted into a movie by the same name in 1985, starring HelenaBonham Carter. The narrative deals with internal and external conflictsurrounding the main character, Lucy Honeychurch, in her struggle to accept hermore liberal values against a society laden with archaic, Victorian ones.Without giving away too many spoilers, Lucy’s trip to Italy helps shed light onsome long sought-after truths about her existence both as a woman and as amember of a society on the brink of change. E. M. Forster was a prolific and influential author of the early 20th centurywhose works often surrounded similar themes of social and internal unrest. As agay man in a society not yet open to the idea of marital change, he likely drewfrom his own harrowing experiences to create such poignant and swift critiquesof class differences while remaining grounded in a humanist perspective. Howard's End as well as Passage to India are two other highly acclaimed novelsby Forster, each dealing with similar social, economic and political tensionspervasive in the early 20th century. Forster was nominated for the Nobel Prizein literature no less than 13 times, yet he won none. For a deeper read on the novel's film adaptation, check out this New York Timesfilm review[https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/07/movies/the-screen-room-with-a-view.html].