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The Wings of the Dove - Henry James
The Wings of the Dove
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting,... show more
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780140023206 (0140023208)
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 457
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics, Novels, Literature, Cultural, Italy, American, Historical Fiction, Romance, Classic Literature, Literary Fiction, 20th Century
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All the World's a Page
All the World's a Page rated it
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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...
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so many books, so little time
so many books, so little time rated it
4.0 The Wings of the Dove
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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...
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elisas8
elisas8 rated it
1.0 The Wings of the Dove (Penguin Classics)
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this was tedious for me.
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Lost in the Stacks
Lost in the Stacks rated it
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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 '...
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narfna
narfna rated it
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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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