The Aspern Papers Henry James Author

by Henry James

2021-04-11 16:40:58

I had taken Mrs. Prest into my confidence; in truth without her I should have made but little advance, for the fruitful idea in the whole business dropped from her friendly lips. It was she who invented the short cut, who severed the Gordian knot. It... Read more
I had taken Mrs. Prest into my confidence; in truth without her I should have made but little advance, for the fruitful idea in the whole business dropped from her friendly lips. It was she who invented the short cut, who severed the Gordian knot. It is not supposed to be the nature of women to rise as a general thing to the largest and most liberal view-I mean of a practical scheme; but it has struck me that they sometimes throw off a bold conception-such as a man would not have risen to-with singular serenity. Simply ask them to take you in on the footing of a lodger-I don't think that unaided I should have risen to that. I was beating about the bush, trying to be ingenious, wondering by what combination of arts I might become an acquaintance, when she offered this happy suggestion that the way to become an acquaintance was first to become an inmate. Less

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PublisherXist Publishing
Publication date September 16, 2015
ISBN9781681951898
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Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 – 28 Feb 1916) was an American-British author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be am...

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