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A Passionate Pilgrim

By Henry James

2019-09-05 03:27:18

A Passionate Pilgrim is a novella by Henry James, first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1871. The story was the earliest fiction that James included in the New York Edition (1907–09) of his works. Set in England, the tale shows James' strong i ... Read more
A Passionate Pilgrim is a novella by Henry James, first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1871. The story was the earliest fiction that James included in the New York Edition (1907–09) of his works. Set in England, the tale shows James' strong interest in the contrast between the Old World and the New. In fact, the difference between America and Europe erupts into open conflict in the story, which leads to an ironic ending. The narrator meets fellow American Clement Searle at an old-fashioned London inn. Searle has long wanted to settle in England to escape what he considers his arid life in America. Less

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File size78.224 KB
Print pages70
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1162649665
Author
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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