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Princess Casamassima : Introduction by Bernard Richards by Henry James (1991, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100679406727

ISBN-139780679406723

eBay Product ID (ePID)79383

Product Key Features

Book TitlePrincess Casamassima : Introduction by Bernard Richards

Number of Pages616 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1991

TopicLiterary

GenreFiction

AuthorHenry James

Book SeriesEveryman's Library Classics Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight22.9 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN91-053000

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal813.4

SynopsisWhen Henry James chose to, as he did in The Princess Casamassima, he could write about the political turbulence of his era with astonishing excitement and directness. The London underworld of terrorist conspiracies that entangles his hero comes alive under his pen with a violence that seems, more than a century later, only too familiar. Young bookbinder Hyacinth Robinson, the illegitimate son of a nobleman and a woman who died in prison after murdering him, has been raised by an impoverished seamstress. Hyacinth has grown up sensitive both to the beauty of the world and to the human suffering caused by social injustice, and when he is drawn into a circle of radicals he promises to commit an act of terror--a vow he comes to regret when the lovely and bored Princess Casamassima takes him under her wing. As Hyacinth travels across Europe and encounters a richly varied cast of characters from all levels of society, he is increasingly racked by his agonizing dilemma--until he resolves it in a shocking action that carries the emotional force of classical tragedy., When Henry James chose to, as he did in The Princess Casamassima, he could write about the political turbulence of his era with astonishing excitement and directness. The London underworld of terrorist conspiracies that entangles his hero, Hyacinth Robinson, comes alive under his pen with a violence that seems, 100 years later, only too familiar.

LC Classification NumberPS2116.P7 1991