The Golden Bowl
โ Scribed by James, Henry
- Book ID
- 106877849
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 337 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780141441276
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Review
'One of the greatest pieces of fiction ever written' - A. N. Wilson 'A wonderfully luminous drama' - Gore Vidal
Product Description
A new edition of Henry James's searing study of marriage and infidelity
Set in England, The Golden Bowl is Henry James's highly charged exploration of adultery, jealousy, and possession that continues-and challenges-James's characteristic exploration of the battle between American innocence and European experience. Maggie Verver, a young American heiress, and her widowed father, Adam, lead a life of wealth and refinement in London. They are both getting married: Maggie to Prince Amerigo, an impoverished Italian aristocrat, and Adam to the beautiful but penniless Charlotte Stant. But both father and daughter are unaware that their new conquests share a secret-one for which all concerned must pay the price. This story completes what critics have called the "major phase" of James's career.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Published in 1904, The Golden Bowl is the last completed novel of Henry James. In it, the widowed American Adam Verver is in Europe with his daughter Maggie. They are rich, finely appreciative of European art and culture, and deeply attached to each other. Maggie has all the innocent charm of so man