Play A Room with a View — an interactive story where YOU are the hero

after the classic by E. M. Forster, 1908

A kiss in a field of violets above Florence changes everything — and English propriety spends the rest of the story trying to take it back. Play Lucy Honeychurch and choose between the safe, correct fiancé and the honest life your heart already picked.

A moment from one playthrough

George kisses you again among the ferns of the English garden, reckless and sure, just as your prim fiancé's voice calls your name from the lawn. You could deny everything and keep the engagement, the house, the approval. Or you could tell the truth. Break it off now, or send George away and pretend once more?

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Start free — 10 diamonds when you confirm your email. No subscription; narrated aloud; plays in 26 languages.

The Somni Tales reader: an open book with two pages of a story, an ink illustration, and a “write what you do” bar below.

Live A Room with a View, don't just read it

In this interactive telling of A Room with a View, you don't read about the hero — you are the hero. The Storyteller keeps E. M. Forster's world true to the original — its characters, its places, its mood, all held as canon — then narrates every scene aloud and draws the moment you're in as an ink illustration. You type or speak what you do next, and the world answers: it remembers the promises you made, the things you took, and the people you crossed. Follow E. M. Forster's plot faithfully, or step off it and watch a brand-new version of A Room with a View unfold — one that still reaches a real ending.

How it works

The Storyteller holds the world of the book as canon — its characters, places and mood — and opens with you as the hero.
Type or speak anything: the world reacts, remembers, and stays true to the original's spirit.
Every playthrough is a brand-new story. Follow the plot — or break it and see what happens.

Common questions about playing A Room with a View

Is A Room with a View free to play on Somni Tales?

You get 10 diamonds free when you confirm your email — enough to open A Room with a View and step into the first scenes. After that, diamonds cost from $5 with no subscription, and unused diamonds are refundable within 14 days.

Do I have to follow E. M. Forster's original plot?

No. The Storyteller holds A Room with a View as canon so its world, characters and mood stay true — but your choices write a brand-new telling. Follow the classic beats, or break from them and see where the story goes.

Can I play A Room with a View aloud and in my own language?

Yes — every scene is narrated aloud word by word, and A Room with a View plays in 26 languages. Change the language, voice and reading speed any time from the reader's Settings.