Le Regard aux aguets
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9782234024465
Publish date: January 1992
Publisher: Stock
Pages no: 172
Edition language: French
I hadn't read any Henry James for thirty years or so, so I wasn't sure what to expect when I opened up this, his first novel. It's periodical literature, if I read my introduction correctly, and that explains the slightly odd structure - many parts, each containing only two or three chapters. Howeve...
When reading Henry James’s first novel, one might be ready to compare the main character Roger to that other Roger from Trollope’s The Way We Live Now. In some ways, both Rogers are similar in the fact that both are in love with much younger girls. However, I think that is also where the similaritie...
This is Henry James' first novel and his take on the Pygmalion myth. I love James, but this was highly uninteresting, and I struggled through it. It became a chore.
13 years ago
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