The wings of the dove
(Book)

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Published
New York : Modern Library, 1993.
Format
Book
ISBN
0679600671, 9780679600671
Physical Desc
ix, 711 pages ; 20 cm
Status
Falmouth - Main Library - Adult
FICTION James
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Published
New York : Modern Library, 1993.
Street Date
9309
Language
English
ISBN
0679600671, 9780679600671
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 10.1, 39 Points
Lexile measure
1190

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Of the three late masterpieces that crown the extraordinary literary achievement of Henry James, The Wings of the Dove (1902) is at once the most personal and the most elemental. James drew on the memory of a beloved cousin who died young to create one of the three central characters, Milly Theale, an heiress with a short time to live and a passion for experiencing life to its fullest. To the creation of the other two, Merton Densher and the magnificent, predatory Kate Croy, who conspire in an act of deceit and betrayal, he brought a lifetime's distilled wisdom about the frailty of the human soul when it is trapped in the depths of need and desire. And he brought to the drama that unites these three characters, in the drawing rooms of London and on the storm-lit piazzas of Venice, a starkness and classical purity almost unprecedented in his work. Under its brilliant, coruscating surfaces, beyond the scrim of its marvelous rhetorical and psychological devices, The Wings of the Dove offers an unfettered vision of our civilization and its discontents. It represents a culmination of James's art and, as such, of the art of the novel itself.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

James, H. (1993). The wings of the dove . Modern Library.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

James, Henry, 1843-1916. 1993. The Wings of the Dove. Modern Library.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

James, Henry, 1843-1916. The Wings of the Dove Modern Library, 1993.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

James, Henry. The Wings of the Dove Modern Library, 1993.

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