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“He is as solitary in the history of the novel as Shakespeare in the history of poetry.”
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An incomparable Henry James’s novel in a new edition
Featuring a new introduction, it is a brilliant and sophisticated satire of manners and morals in the best Jamesian tradition. The Wings of the Dove is an indelible take on the tragic love triangle in which two poor yet ardent lovers seduce a dying woman in the hope that she will leave them her fortune.
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“He is as solitary in the history of the novel as Shakespeare in the history of poetry.”
—Graham Greene
Product Description
An incomparable Henry James’s novel in a new edition
Featuring a new introduction, it is a brilliant and sophisticated satire of manners and morals in the best Jamesian tradition. The Wings of the Dove is an indelible take on the tragic love triangle in which two poor yet ardent lovers seduce a dying woman in the hope that she will leave them her fortune.
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'The Wings of the Dove',1 published in 1902, represents to my memory a very old - if I shouldn't perhaps rather say a very young - motive;2 I can scarce remember the time when the situation on which this long-drawn fiction mainly rests was not vividly present to me. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Maud, Lord Mark, Susan Shepherd, New York, Lancaster Gate, Sir Luke, Kate Croy, Merton Densher, Miss Theale, Miss Croy, Milly Theale, Maud Manningham, New England, Maud Lowder, Palazzo Leporelli, Miss Condrips, Fleet Street, Lionel Croy, Lady Wells, Regent's Park, Kensington Gardens, Christmas Eve, Battersea Park, Lady Aldershaw, Chirk Street Browse Sample Pages:
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'The Wings of the Dove',1 published in 1902, represents to my memory a very old - if I shouldn't perhaps rather say a very young - motive;2 I can scarce remember the time when the situation on which this long-drawn fiction mainly rests was not vividly present to me. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Maud, Lord Mark, Susan Shepherd, New York, Lancaster Gate, Sir Luke, Kate Croy, Merton Densher, Miss Theale, Miss Croy, Milly Theale, Maud Manningham, New England, Maud Lowder, Palazzo Leporelli, Miss Condrips, Fleet Street, Lionel Croy, Lady Wells, Regent's Park, Kensington Gardens, Christmas Eve, Battersea Park, Lady Aldershaw, Chirk Street Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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