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The Wings of the Dove - Henry James, Bruce L.R. Smith
The Wings of the Dove
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The Wings of the Dove, by Henry James, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable... show more
The Wings of the Dove, by Henry James, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the workComments by other famous authors
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781593082963 (1593082967)
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics
Pages no: 544
Edition language: English
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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.
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