![]() ![]() He tone of the narrators is sometimes very near to a satire when it comes to the strange ways of articulation and behaviour that's necessary to bring across the overemphasised ideals of what the British higher class was all about during this period.Į.M. This audio adaptation is a very precise picture of what Foster had in mind. One might tend to say that this novel has a coming-of-age theme: Lucy emerges as a self-conscious woman who's learned that she has to decide where she wants to go and with whom she wants to share her life with. ![]() The book uses her coming to terms with her own need to be a free spirit to display a satirical look at the English abroad and their idea of Italy as being a liberating vision of life as it could be - only if merry old England wouldn't be what it is (was). ![]() A young woman who's soon finding herself at war with the snobbery of her own class and her own wishes and desires for a young man, George Emmerson, who unfortunately isn't quite in her social class. The conflict of modern thinking and conservative rules of behaviour are mirrored in Lucy Honeychurch. Generally speaking this Edwardian novel assembles an impressive cast of British eccentrics that can be observed during their stay abroad (in Italy to be exact) and back in Surrey. ![]()
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