In the Cage
by:
Libby Purves (author)
Henry James (author)
In this small masterpiece of unrequited love, James, as in his greatest novels, depicts a moral consciousness torn between emotional impulses and the demands of society. Working in a post office in Mayfair, a young woman is exposed to the cryptic but alluring correspondence of the social elite,...
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In this small masterpiece of unrequited love, James, as in his greatest novels, depicts a moral consciousness torn between emotional impulses and the demands of society. Working in a post office in Mayfair, a young woman is exposed to the cryptic but alluring correspondence of the social elite, and in particular, to lines written by the dashing Captain Everard. As she memorizes the messages he telegraphs, she becomes increasingly attracted to the life described to her, fixated by scandal and gossip a world apart from her ordinary existence… With a Foreword by Libby Purves.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781843910251 (184391025X)
Publish date: November 1st 2002
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Pages no: 113
Edition language: English
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