British social comedy examines a young heroine's struggle against strait-laced Victorian attitudes as she rejects the man her family has encouraged her to marry and chooses, instead, a socially unsuitable fellow she met on holiday in Italy. Classic exploration of passion, human nature and social convention.
Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M. Forster This early Forster novel is an exciting and eventful tale that intriguingly contrasts English and Italian lives and sensibilities, revealing, as ever, Forster's deep fascination with all of human experience.
Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf Brief impressions and conversations, internal monologues, and letters convey the story of a lonely young man unable to reconcile his classical ideals with the reality of World War I society. Sensitive exploration of character and existence.
The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy This monumental trilogy by the Nobel Prize–winning author chronicles the stormy lives of three generations of an upper-middle-class London family obsessed with money and respectability.
