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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.
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 ...
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.
Le spoglie di Poynton è un romanzo dello scrittore statunitense Henry James, inizialmente pubblicato a puntate, con il titolo The Old Things, su "The Atlantic Monthly" tra aprile e ottobre 1896 e l'anno successivo in volume (con diverse revisioni). Qualche ulteriore ritocco lo fece per l'edizione delle proprie opere complete stampate a New ...
The Spoils of Poynton é um romance de Henry James, primeiramente publicado sob o título de The Old Things em The Atlantic Monthly, como série em 1896[1], e como livro em 1897[2]. Este romance breve descreve a luta entre a sra. Gereth, uma viúva de gosto impecável e vontade de ferro, e seu filho Owen, em relação a uma casa repleta de móveis antigos de valor. A história é contada ...
THE SPOILS OF POYNTON ALAN H. ROPER The Johns Hopkins University A LTHOUGH The Spoils of Poynton is not, comparatively speaking, a baffling novel-there is, for example, nothing in it quite so enigmatic as Isabel Archer's final decision to return to her husband-it does nevertheless present certain problems, all of which have
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