Henry James
The Wings of the Dove
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Confronting a Bronzino portrait in an English country house, a young American heiress comes face to face with her own predicament. For Milly Theale, who seems to have the world before her and at her feet, is fatally ill. Eager for life, eager for love, she embarks on her European adventure, warming to the admiration of her new friends Kate Croy and Merton Densher. But Merton and Kate are secretly engaged, and come to see in this angel with a thumping bank account as a solution to their own problems. For the remarkable Kate, scheming, passionate, poetic, also wants to live... This edition of James's poignant and dramatic novel is based on the…
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Confronting a Bronzino portrait in an English country house, a young American heiress comes face to face with her own predicament. For Milly Theale, who seems to have the world before her and at her feet, is fatally ill. Eager for life, eager for love, she embarks on her European adventure, warming to the admiration of her new friends Kate Croy and Merton Densher. But Merton and Kate are secretly engaged, and come to see in this angel with a thumping bank account as a solution to their own problems. For the remarkable Kate, scheming, passionate, poetic, also wants to live... This edition of James's poignant and dramatic novel is based on the revised New York Edition. The cover pictures the Bronzino portrait which is the focus of the key scene in the book.
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Brooks, Peter (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-19-955543-7
- EAN: 9780199555437
- Produktnummer: 4459853
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 592 S.
- Masse: H15.2 cm x B13.5 cm x D2.8 cm 402 g
- Gewicht: 402
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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