Where Angels Fear to Tread

By E. M. Forster

Subjects: Fiction, history and criticism, England, fiction, Great britain, social life and customs, fiction, Large type books, Fiction, historical, general, Middle class, Fiction, humorous, general, Fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Classic Literature, Culture conflict

Description: Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) follows two women to Italy: the widowed Lilia Herriton and her traveling companion Caroline Abbott. Lilia falls passionately in love with the country, and also with a young Italian man. Her decision to remain in Italy enrages her dead husband's family, who send her brother-in-law to fetch her back.