<Tr> <Th> Media type </Th> <Td> Print (hardcover) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 321 </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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). </P>

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