The Sacred Lake: Bathing Scene

From A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
George, Freddy, and Mr. Beebe strip and bathe naked in the woodland pond — a famous scene of pagan male joy and bodily liberation that Forster treats with rare frankness.
Chapter 12

'Twelfth Chapter' — the three men race naked around the Sacred Lake, encountering Lucy, Cecil, and Mrs. Honeychurch on the path. Often discussed for its homoerotic undertones and Edenic symbolism.

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