Watch and Ward
Disturbed at his hotel by a pistol shot, Roger Lawrence discovers the body of a man he had earlier refused to help, who has now killed himself. At his side is his daughter, who Roger, overcome with horror and moved by her plight, ends up adopting. As she blossoms, could she become the perfect wife?
Disturbed at his hotel by a pistol shot, Roger Lawrence discovers the body of a man he had earlier refused to help, who has now killed himself. At his side is his daughter, who Roger, overcome with horror and moved by her plight, ends up adopting. As she blossoms, could she become the perfect wife?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780750914093 (0750914092)
Publish date: February 20th 1997
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
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.
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