Ep 564 - A Room with a View, by E.M. Forster

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Look out the window. Do you see a love triangle? Characters that embody turn-of-the-century tensions? Or do you see a boring courtyard? Best ask for a new room, perhaps one with a view.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.2	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.5	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.3	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:42.9	Hey everybody, welcome to Overdo.
0:47.2	It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.
0:50.2	I'm Craig.
0:51.2	My name's Andrew.
0:53.4	What happened there?
0:54.4	I think I thought I was done.
0:58.8	Well for the second week we're back.
1:01.2	Yeah, I'm still getting back into the story and things here.
1:05.1	On Overdo every week, one of us reads a book that we've never read before tells you about
1:09.8	it this month, its December.
1:12.0	Craig, what book did you read for this week in December?
1:15.2	I read the book called A Room With A View by EM Forster.
1:21.4	And my understanding is that this is a book about how if you want a room to be counted
1:26.0	as a bedroom for real estate purposes, you have to have a window in the room.
1:32.8	To legally be a bedroom, it needs to be a room with a view.
1:36.1	Yeah, this book is actually based on several episodes of House Hunters where people debate
1:40.5	whether or not the little room that they are going to turn into a gaming room is a, is
1:45.7	in fact a bedroom.
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