Sacred Fount: A Novel (Revived Modern Classic): 0790 - Softcover

James, H

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811212793 ISBN 13: 9780811212793

Publisher: New Directions, 1995

Synopsis

" Set in the backdrop of English countryside, The Sacred Fount is one of those novels by James, which arise curiosity. The narrator makes an effort to find out the truth about the love lives of his fellow-guests at a weekend party. Engrossing suspense!"

About this title

From the Back Cover:

One of Henry James's most mesmerizing and unusual novels, The Sacred Fount ( 1901) has for its scene a weekend party at the great English country house Newmarch. Here James leads the reader down a bizarre garden path. The Sacred Fount--his only novel to employ a first-person narrator--places us in the hands of an obsessive novelist ( never named and never described, but perhaps familiar), who detects alarming changes in his acquaintances.

About the Author:

Henry James (1843-1916) was an American novelist and literary critic. Between 1866 and 1869, he wrote for Nation and Atlantic. When he moved to Paris, he began writing for the New York Tribune. During World War I, James worked as a volunteer among the displaced and wounded. He passed away in 1916.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0811212793
• ISBN 13: 9780811212793
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244