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5 de jul. de 2012 · The spoils of Poynton. Paperback – 5 July 2012. by Henry James (Author) 3.9 53 ratings. See all formats and editions. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition.
- Henry James
松浦 恵美 お茶の水女子大学（院） Henry Jamesの後期の始まりの作品として位置づけられるThe Spoils of Poynton (1897) は、その成立状況のため、また中期の社会的主題から離れた高度に心理的な内容のために、ジェイムズのキャリア上重要な作品として捉えられてきた。
Mrs Gereth, widowed chatelaine of Poynton, is fighting to keep her house with its priceless objets d'art from her son Owen and his lovely, utterly philistine fiancée. When she discovers that her young friend and sympathizer Fleda Vetch is secretly in love with Owen, she thrusts her into the battle-line.
The Spoils of Poynton describes the struggle between Mrs. Gereth, a widow of impeccable taste and iron will, and her son Owen over a houseful of precious antique furniture. The story is largely told from the viewpoint of Fleda Vetch, a young woman in love with Owen but sympathetic to Mrs. Gereth's anguish over losing the antiques she patiently collected.
At the conclusion of Henry James’s 1896 novel The Spoils of Poynton, the protagonist Fleda Vetch struggles to articulate her sense of the ‘vivid presence of the artist’s idea’ she perceives in the maiden- aunt’s house at Ricks: ‘It’s a kind of fourth dimension. It’s a presence, a perfume, a touch. It’s a soul, a story, a life.
1 de dez. de 2012 · Often identified as the first work of James's celebrated late style, The Spoils of Poynton (1897) has been widely read as a "perversion" of the conventions of the realist novel; indeed, it is ...
