a disguised homosexual love story with the protagonist Lucy Honeychurch actually a boy in drag but that the novel's celebration of "the holiness of direct desire" has homosexual as well as heterosexual application
a fabulous light read, a simple book but not for the simple minded
a good novel to read, but the language makes it a lengthy and difficult book to understand
a lovely book, vital with the force of a sensitive and empathetic mind
an effortless read and reading it is pure joy
a prominent novel about a man and a woman, class, and societal expectations and pressures
a romantic book, which teaches more than one important lesson of life
a romantic comedy, and as such, it follows the typical formula of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy wins girl
a romantic period piece, where the journey the young lovers take starts and ends, with a window overlooking Florence, the birthplace of love and passion
a sensible book for anti-classic readers but still manages to have a sort of hidden meaning
a two-tiered story about a contemporary British woman (Julie Christie) who unlocks a family scandal
a whimsical comedy of manners that owes more to Jane Austen that perhaps any other of his works
a witty love story filled with eccentric characters