logo
Wrong email address or username
Wrong email address or username
Incorrect verification code
The Wings of the Dove - Henry James, Amy Bloom, Pierre A. Walker
The Wings of the Dove
by: (author) (author) (author)
3.57 140
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,... show more
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.”
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780812967197 (0812967194)
ASIN: 812967194
Pages no: 741
Edition language: English
Bookstores:
Community Reviews
All the World's a Page
All the World's a Page rated it
4.0
In Henry James, we rarely if ever have a villain - a real, horrible blackguard character for whom we feel morally adequate enough to pass severe judgment. There are characters with evil intentions, who do evil thing: who lie and undermine the hero or heroine, Mme. Merle and Gilbert Osmond, of The Po...
so many books, so little time
so many books, so little time rated it
4.0 The Wings of the Dove
No question that James's prose was a challenge by this time in his career, though I found the later The Ambassadors much easier going and the most compelling of the two books (likely due to my responding to Lambert's age). There's a sort of shimmery pointillist effect with character that James pulls...
elisas8
elisas8 rated it
1.0 The Wings of the Dove (Penguin Classics)
this was tedious for me.
Lost in the Stacks
Lost in the Stacks rated it
3.0
Handsome Boyfriend and I are planning a two week respite on The Continent in October, moseying from Nice to Venice with stops in between. "Preparing for the trip' , HB has stocked up on new hiking and backpacking equipment appropriate for autumn weather and I on books set along our route, so as to '...
narfna
narfna rated it
3.0 The Wings of the Dove
Henry James has beautiful people inside of his head, if only his verbal diarrhea didn't get in the way. Dear Jesus, I wish he knew how to write a short sentence.
Other editions (104)
Books by Pierre A. Walker
Books by Amy Bloom
Books by Henry James
On shelves
Share this Book
Need help?