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Title	:	The Wings of the Dove
Author	:	Henry James
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	The Modern Library Classics
Pages	:	Pages: 741 pages
Published	:	April 8th 2003 by The Modern Library/Random House, Inc. (first published 1902)
Categories	:	Classics. Fiction

The Wings of the Dove

Henry James

Paperback | Pages: 741 pages

Rating: 3.81 | 15690 Users | 563 Reviews

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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 naïve, 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 by desire, greed, and salvation. As Amy Bloom writes in her Introduction, “The Wings of the Dove is a novel of intimacy. . . . [James] gives us passion, he gives us love in its terrible and enchanting forms.”

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Original Title:	The Wings of the Dove
ISBN:	0812967194 (ISBN13: 9780812967197)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Kate Croy, Merton Densher, Maud Lowder, Milly Theale
Setting:	Venice(Italy) London, England(United Kingdom)

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An utter fave novel and heroine. Love and betrayal with HJ motifs of victimised innocence and triumph without attainment. Gotta love the sex 'n' death symbiosis. *likes 'em melodramatic*HJ's liberality with commas does make the writing feel a bit like hyperventilation. But what's more romantic than being in love with a memory. ;)*applauds etherealised gal's revenge*

Henry James is infuriating. His evasiveness is infuriating. His endless digressions, clause upon clause, are infuriating. Deciphering the text requires so much concentration, you'll ultimately feel that, rather than experiencing the story, you're floating along above it. He reinforces that impression in often forsaking description for reflective analysis. In effect, even that which isn't "spoken" somehow feels spoken. -- But don't let any of that dissuade you.This is a work of genius. Henry

In Henry James, we rarely if ever have a villain - a real, horrible blackguard character for whom we feel morally adequate enough to pass severe judgment. There are characters with evil intentions, who do evil thing: who lie and undermine the hero or heroine, Mme. Merle and Gilbert Osmond, of The Portrait of a Lady, may be among the most "evil" duos in the James canon, if only for the tenderness we feel toward the passionate Isabel, who they snare. What is perplexing in James, which frustrates

Soooo you guys, I think missed that day in English Lit 101 when we talked about Henry James, because to me hes always been one of those authors you merely know OF, and who is important in some vague way but you couldnt possibly say how, who is not really relevant in our 3G world except for the fact that Merchant Ivory makes mad bank off of this lace-petticoat-and-social-graces kind of thing. But for serious you guys, why did no one never tell me that Henry James is a GENIUS?! I mean, why is this

This is probably not the best choice for an audio book - it is really quite intricate, and I struggled at times to find the referent in some of these Jamesian sentences, even as Juliet Stevenson did her usual remarkable job. As with Portrait of the Lady, I managed to forget the exact contours of the plot since my first reading some 25 years ago or so. And as with Portrait of the Lady, I spent the early part of the book not really loving it. I found too little to get a grip on in the beginning.

I had seen The Heiress with Olivia de Havilland years ago on TCM & loved it, Olivia was superb in this. Then years later I found out that it was based on Henry James' Washington Square which I then read & loved. So James was on my list of authors to read again & not reading this edition but a Delphi Kindle collection of his works, I choose at random "The Wings of the Dove". Interesting in this collection they mentioned two movies based on the novel, one was a French version &

The Wings of the Dove Henry James (1902) #26June 8, 2007 This has to be the worst book that I have ever read. Well, maybe not ever, but definitely the worst one yet on this list (and there have been some that have sucked mightily). How this book made the list, I have no idea, but it has rattled my already shaky faith in the validity of this list. I suspect that it has something to do with one Mr. Gore Vidal, who, judging from the little blurb on the back of the dust jacket of the copy that I