The Aspern Papers And Other Stories
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Set against the sun-drenched decay of nineteenth-century Venice, The Aspern Papers follows an unscrupulous American scholar who schemes his way into the crumbling household of an elderly recluse, convinced she guards the private letters of a celebrated Romantic poet — a treasure he will pursue at any moral cost. Henry James constructs a masterclass in psychological suspense, weaving this novella together with a selection of shorter tales that collectively illuminate the collision between Old World tradition and New World ambition, the treachery of obsession, and the price of artistic greed. James's signature style — those long, sinuous sentences that spiral inward toward a devastating moral truth — is on full display here, rewarding patient readers with profound insights into duplicity, desire, and the ethics of biography. As a cornerstone of the late-Victorian literary canon, this collection stands as a testament to James's unrivalled ability to render the unspoken tensions of social life with surgical precision. Whether the pursuit of the papers will yield triumph or ruin remains a question that haunts long after the final page.
Author: Henry James
Format: Paperback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Set against the sun-drenched decay of nineteenth-century Venice, The Aspern Papers follows an unscrupulous American scholar who schemes his way into the crumbling household of an elderly recluse, convinced she guards the private letters of a celebrated Romantic poet — a treasure he will pursue at any moral cost. Henry James constructs a masterclass in psychological suspense, weaving this novella together with a selection of shorter tales that collectively illuminate the collision between Old World tradition and New World ambition, the treachery of obsession, and the price of artistic greed. James's signature style — those long, sinuous sentences that spiral inward toward a devastating moral truth — is on full display here, rewarding patient readers with profound insights into duplicity, desire, and the ethics of biography. As a cornerstone of the late-Victorian literary canon, this collection stands as a testament to James's unrivalled ability to render the unspoken tensions of social life with surgical precision. Whether the pursuit of the papers will yield triumph or ruin remains a question that haunts long after the final page.