The stories in this collection were written mostly between 1888 and 1897, a time when Henry James's writing was concerned with the art of fiction and the position of the artist in society. The motif and title story, 'The Figure in the Carpet', is an inspired joke, a masterpiece of *double-entendre*
The Figure In The Carpet
โ Scribed by James, Henry
- Year
- 0
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 149 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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