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The Outcry

Door Henry James

Categorie
Engels
Boeknummer
#245202
Titel
The Outcry
Auteur
James, Henry
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
New York, NYRB Review Books
Jaar van uitgave
2002
ISBN10
1590170008
ISBN13
9781590170007
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
The Outcry, Henry James's final novel, is an effervescent comedy of money and manners. Breckenridge Bender, a very rich American with a distinct resemblance to J. P. Morgan, arrives in England with the purpose of acquiring some very great art; he is directed to Dedborough, the estate of the debt-ridden Lord Theign. But plutocrat and aristocrat come into unexpected conflict when a young connoisseur, out to establish his own reputation, declares a prize painting from the lord's collection to be in fact an even rarer, and pricier, work than had been thought.

A popular success in its own day, but long unavailable since and now almost unknown, The Outcry is one of the most surprising and amusing of James's works. Here he explores questions of privilege and initiative, repute and honor, high
... (Lees verder)art and base calculation, revisiting some of his favorite themes with a deft and winning touch.
Pagina's
194
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 6,00

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