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10 de set. de 2023 · Read the dang book!! https:// www.gutenberg.org/files/33325/33325-h/33325-h.htm
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As a dramatic family quarrel unfolds, the hesitating Fleda is drawn in, yet she remains reluctant to captivate Owen, who seems as attracted to her as she is to him. Is she motivated by scruple or fear? In The Spoils of Poynton (1897), Henry James created a work of exquisite ambiguity in his depiction of three women fighting for the allegiance ...
The Spoils of Poynton 63 Spoils James never wavered in his sense of the inevitable denoue-ment-the destruction of Poynton, the "horrible conflagration." Of course, one of the questions raised by James's comments in the "Preface," as well as by the treatment of Mrs. Gereth in the novel, is whether this inheritance is truly something valuable or
1 de jul. de 2014 · The novel The Spoils of Poynton represents a major turning point in the stylistic development of American literary master Henry James, as he eased into the tense, taut drawing-room dramas that would come to characterize his later work.
The Spoils of Poynton (1896) is a short novel which James wrote in his late period, following the catastrophe of his excursion into the theatre, just before the composition of What Masie Knew, The Wings of the Dove and The Golden Bowl. It was first serialised in the Atlantic Monthly under the title of The Old Things then extensively revised by ...
26 de abr. de 1970 · The Spoils Of Poynton的剧情简介 · · · · · ·. Adapted from the 1897 novel by Henry James, this four-part British miniseries was set in motion by the death of Mr. Gereth, lord and master of the English estate of Poynton Park. The "spoils" referred to the valuable art works and furnishings housed within Poynton, and which proved to be a ...
4 de jan. de 2010 · The Spoils of Poynton. LibriVox recording of The Spoils of Poynton, by Henry James. Read by Nicholas Clifford. The recently widowed Adela Gereth, a lover of beauty and passionate collector of fine objects, strikes up a friendship with the young Fleda Vetch, when both of them find themselves guests in the tasteless house of the Brigstock family.
