The Golden Bowl (Thrift Editions) - Softcover

James, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486816443 ISBN 13: 9780486816449

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc, 2018

Synopsis

Henry James explores his favorite themes in this novel money, class, and desire. Two marriages are the focus: that of an American heiress and an impoverished Italian prince as well as that of her widowed father and the prince's former mistress. Rich in James's characteristic psychological insights, this novel constitutes a fascinating study of character in a privileged, claustrophobic backdrop.

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"It is well written, the introduction useful, and the paperback price makes it acceptable for students." --Edna L Steeves, Univ. of Rhode Island

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Shy Maggie Verver, a young American heiress, shares an uncommonly close bond with her father. Widower Adam Verver, a financier and art connoisseur, has bought everything he wants, including a titled husband for his daughter. Maggie is charmed by Prince Amerigo, an Italian nobleman of reduced means. Wishing to provide her father with companionship, she persuades him to marry her best friend, Charlotte Stant. But unbeknownst to Maggie and Adam, Charlotte and the Prince are concealing a guilty secret that will strike at the foundations of both marriages.
Henry James explores his favorite themes in this novel--money, class, desire, and the collision of European and American cultures. Rich in the author's characteristic psychological insights, the story constitutes a fascinating study of character in a privileged, claustrophobic backdrop. James examines the illusions that unite people, the deceits that keep them together, and the way that trust can become a form of denial.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0486816443
• ISBN 13: 9780486816449
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560