Roderick Hudson by Henry James - ISBN: 9780140432640
Paperback
Genius found, fame beckons, love betrays: a sculptor’s tragic fall.

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  • Paperback

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    27 March 1986

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Summary

When wealthy Rowland Mallet first sees a sculpture by Roderick Hudson, he is astounded and pronounces it to be a work of genius, and is equally entranced by the sculptor’s beauty, spirit and charisma. Wishing to give the impoverished artist the opportunity to develop his talent, he takes Roderick from America to Rome, where he becomes the talk of the city. But Roderick soon loses his inspiration and Rowland loses control of his protege, while both fall in love with women they cannot ever have…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140432640
ISBN-10:0140432647
Author:Henry James, Geoffrey Moore, Patricia Crick
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:27 March 1986
Weight:277g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 17mm
Series:Penguin Classics
About The Author

Henry James

Henry James was born in 1843 in New York, with Scottish and Irish ancestry. Having studied in New York and Europe, he became a lawyer and started writing in 1865. Spending time in Paris, he knew Flaubert and Turgenev before moving to London and then Sussex.

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