The Princess Casamassima
$42.76
- Paperback
608 pages
- Release Date
27 April 2006
Summary
In his introduction, Derek Brewer discusses the novel’s themes of wealth and poverty, delicacy and vulgarity, beauty and horror, its similarities to works by Turgenev and Dickens, and James’s depiction of revolutionaries.
The illegitimate and impoverished son of a dressmaker and a nobleman, Hyacinth Robinson has grown up with a strong sense of beauty that heightens his acute sympathy for the inequalities that surround him. Drawn into a secret circle of radical politics he makes a rash…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140432541 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014043254X |
| Author: | Henry James, Derek Brewer, Patricia Crick |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 27 April 2006 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 34mm |
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About The Author
Henry James
Henry James (1843-1916) was born in New York and settled in Europe in 1875. He was a regular contributor of reviews, critical essays, and short stories to American periodicals. He is best known for his many novels of American and European character.
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