Chapters 16-18
Chapter titles: 'Lying to George,' 'Lying to Cecil,' 'Lying to Mr. Beebe, Mrs. Honeychurch, Freddy, and the Servants.' The novel's structural indictment of denial.
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From A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Forster's central diagnosis of Lucy (and English society) is 'muddle' — the refusal to know one's own heart. Several chapter titles announce her successive lies.
Chapter 19
Mr. Emerson: 'You are inclined to get muddled... let yourself go.' The novel's moral imperative.
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