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The Aspern Papers

Henry James, Robin Field · 1977

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With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.

First sentence: I HAD taken Mrs Prest into my confidence; without her in truth I should have made but little advance, for the fruitful idea in the whole business dropped from her friendly lips.

Book details

Year
1977
Language
English
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Editions
83
Pages
154
ISBN
9780460874922

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