37 pages
English language
Published Jan. 11, 1993 by Published for members of Hoc Volo [by] D.R. Godine.
The Aspern papers
by Henry James
Henry James: The Aspern papers (1993, Published for members of Hoc Volo [by] D.R. Godine)
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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.
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.
Subjects
- Manuscripts -- Collectors and collecting -- Fiction.
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
- Poets -- Fiction.
- Venice (Italy) -- Fiction.