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Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
xxxvi, 508 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In early 20th-century London, Kate Croy is secretly engaged to Merton Denscher, a journalist possessing all the qualities of an ideal husband except money. By chance, Kate befriends American heiress Milly Theale, whom she learns is suffering from a mysterious fatal illness. Kate, who truly cares for Milly, devises a scheme to maximize their combined assets: she encourages Merton to take an interest in Milly, to seduce her, and finally, to marry her....
2) Daisy Miller
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Modern Library pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 80 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Classic novella about a captivating young American, Daisy Miller, whose behavior causes conflicting feelings in the mind of would-be suitor, Winterbourne.
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "An International Episode" by Henry James. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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Set in the genteel New York of James’s early childhood, it is a tale of cruelty laced with comedy. Dr. Austin Sloper is a wealthy and domineering father who is disappointed in the unremarkable daughter he has produced; he dismisses her as both plain and simpleminded. The gentle and dutiful Catherine Sloper has always been in awe of her father, but when she falls in love with Morris Townsend, a penniless charmer whom Dr. Sloper accuses of being a...
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