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The Wings of the Dove
Set amid the splendor of London drawing rooms and gilded Venetian palazzos, The Wings of the Dove is the story of Milly Theale, a naïve, doomed American heiress, and a pair of lovers, Kate Croy and Merton Densher, who conspire to obtain her fortune. In this witty tragedy of treachery, self-deception, and betrayal, Henry James weaves together three ill-fated and wholly human destinies unexpectedly linked by desire, greed, and salvation. As Amy Bloom writes in her Introduction, "The Wings of the Dove is a novel of intimacy. . . . [James] gives us passion, he gives us love in its terrible and enchanting forms."
Book Details
- Publisher: Modern Library
- Publish Date: Apr 8th, 2003
- Pages: 768
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.04in - 5.31in - 1.65in - 1.24lb
- EAN: 9780812967197
- Categories: • Classics• Literary• Historical - General
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@nguyenhdi I agree with your list, but would add one of the late Henry James novels (“The Wings of the Dove”, “The Ambassadors”, or “The Golden Bowl”) which just make it into the 20th century; and Carson McCullers’ “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter”. But such lists are inevitably personal.
Lectures on Scottish and contemporary literature, writes about animals, tries to be hopeful. He/they.
I've made hating on Henry James an entire personality trait for years, but I read The Wings of the Dove for the first time this summer, and it is just brilliant and brutal. https://t.co/L822xJ5N8J
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HENRY JAMES IN VENICE #Pitol23 Henry James was captivated by Venice for forty years. The city is the setting for some of his more notable shorter fiction, namely The Aspern Papers, and for a substantial section of his novel, The Wings of the Dove. https://t.co/WbH5pRwTsM https://t.co/Qt9BVe5eUA
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What people are saying
Loves Shakespeare, Verdi, Sherlock Holmes stories.
@nguyenhdi I agree with your list, but would add one of the late Henry James novels (“The Wings of the Dove”, “The Ambassadors”, or “The Golden Bowl”) which just make it into the 20th century; and Carson McCullers’ “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter”. But such lists are inevitably personal.
Lectures on Scottish and contemporary literature, writes about animals, tries to be hopeful. He/they.
I've made hating on Henry James an entire personality trait for years, but I read The Wings of the Dove for the first time this summer, and it is just brilliant and brutal. https://t.co/L822xJ5N8J