Where Angels Fear to Tread has a happy ending. In the end Lilia and the baby are dead. It deals with the differences between the Italian and English cultures. The English think they know what is best. Lilia is a widow and her dead husband's family try to control her as they have done while she was married. She goes to Italy for vacation and ends up marrying a poor Italian man. He dead husband's family trys to stop the marriage and when she dies in child birth. They seem to feel that's what she deserves. They then try to get the baby from his father, thinking he is not qualified to take proper care of him. This ends with a kidnapping and the baby dead in a carriage accident. This is a short book and easy read. I would recommend it.
Home
: Where Angels Fear To Tread
: Wikipedia
Where Angels Fear To Tread Wikipedia
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) is a novel by E. M. Forster, originally entitled Monteriano. The title comes from a line in Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism: "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread".
In 1991 it…
Where Angels Fear To Tread Essays and Related Content
- Where Angels Fear To Tread: E-Text
- Where Angels Fear To Tread: Questions
- Where Angels Fear To Tread: Purchase the Novel and Related Material
- E.M. Forster: Biography
the central theme of the novel where angels fear to tread
a very beautiful novel
