Period films came about as a popular movie genre because there were good period books to form their basis. E. M. Forster's A Room with a View, first published in 1908 and later to become a notable film in 1986, tells the story of a young British woman's love for an expatriate living in Italy. It is a love complicated by social restrictions as well as overbearing British guardians who want her to take up with an annoyingly snobbish man of good stead. Forster's Lucy Honeychurch is a strong woman though and she sees this love through. | A Room With A View by E. M. Forster, Paperback | Indigo Chapters | A Room With A View by E.M. Forster, Paperback | Indigo Chapters