I Can Hear the Bells: Lucy Gets Married

One thing I am glad to see as we continue through our reading list of Bildungsroman literature is a book that deals with falling in love as a part of coming of age. While Harry Potter deals with this a little, it's not really central to his growing up process (at least in Book 7), and Huck Finn doesn't deal with this at all. This is central to Lucy's process, though, in A Room With A View.

When Lucy breaks off the engagement with Cecil, it's almost like you can hear a collective sigh of relief from the reading audience.  He's so not right for her. She is colorful and coming alive outside of English social conventions, while he is stuffy and pretentious. George, on the other hand, has boldly shown his affection — twice by this point — and Lucy finally comes to her senses. This is the life she wants, regardless of what others think: true love that takes her back to Florence and into adventure. She couldn't have Cecil and a room with the view. George can give her that, though, just as he and his father did at the beginning of the book.