The Wings of the Dove
$31.72
- Paperback
768 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2003
Summary
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time
Set amid the splendor of London drawing rooms and gilded Venetian palazzos, The Wings of the Dove is the story of Milly Theale, a naive, doomed American heiress, and a pair of lovers, Kate Croy and Merton Densher, who conspire to obtain her fortune. In this witty tragedy of treachery, self-deception, and betrayal, Henry James weaves together three ill-fated and wholly human destinies unexpectedly linked …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812967197 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812967194 |
| Author: | Henry James, Grey Gowrie |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 768 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2003 |
| Weight: | 612g |
| Dimensions: | 40mm x 132mm x 201mm |
| Series: | Modern Library 100 Best Novels |
| Audience Age: | 14-18 |
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Critics Review
“The Wings of the Doverepresents the pinnacle of James’s prose.”-Louis Auchincloss From the Trade Paperback edition.
“The Wings of the Dove represents the pinnacle of James’s prose.”—Louis Auchincloss
Henry James
Amy Bloom is the author of four novels: White Houses, Lucky Us, Away, and Love Invents Us; and three collections of short stories: Where the God Of Love Hangs Out, Come to Me (finalist for the National Book Award), and A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You (finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award). Her first book of nonfiction, Normal: Transsexual CEOs, Crossdressing Cops and Hermaphrodites with Attitudes, is a staple of university sociology and biology courses. Her most recent book is the widely acclaimed New York Times bestselling memoir, In Love. She has written for magazines such as The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, Elle, The Atlantic, Slate, and Salon, and her work has been translated into fifteen languages. She is the Director of the Shapiro Center at Wesleyan University.
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