Where Angels Fear to Tread is an accomplished, harrowing, and malevolently funny book, in which familiar notions of vice and virtue collapse underfoot and the best intentions go mortally awry. Forster anticipated the themes of cultural collision and the sterility of the English middle class that he would develop in A Room with a View and A Passage to India. But that Lilia should have had a baby - and that the baby should be raised as an Italian! - are matters requiring immediate correction by Philip Herriton, his dour sister Harriet, and their well-meaning friend Miss Abbott. That the marriage should fail and poor Lilia die tragically are only to be expected. Forster and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
When a young English widow takes off on the grand tour and along the way marries a penniless Italian, her in-laws are not amused. Where Angels Fear to Tread (The Penguin English Library) by E. He's got a country behind him that's upset people from the beginning of the world." He's a bounder, but he's not an English bounder. Forster Start Free Trial Questions & Answers Summary PDF Cite Share Last Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. "Let her meddle with what she doesn't understand! Look at this letter! The man who wrote it will marry her, or murder her, or do for her somehow.
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