When Beale and Ida Farange are divorced, the court decrees that their only child, the very young Maisie, will shuttle back and forth between them, spending six months of the year with each. The par…
Catherine Sloper, jeune fille plutôt niaise et laide, tombe sous le charme du très beau et très élégant Morris Townsend qui la demande bientôt en mariage. Mais le père de Catherine, le Dr Sl…
The Wings of the Dove is a tale of desire and possession, of love and death. It is in essence a simple story, but one that opens up the great subject of art: life itself. To tackle this, James move…
This book is a tough read. It is very Baroque despite being late 19th century. The prose is heavily ornamented with many asides and qualifications. It explores every avenue of a particular thread o…
Isabel Archer, originally from Albany, New York, is invited by her maternal aunt, Lydia Touchett, to visit Lydia's rich husband, Daniel, at his estate near London, following the death of Isabel's f…
Je vois encore Douglas, debout, le dos au feu, les mains dans les poches, le regard baissé sur son interlocuteur. «Jusqu'à présent, personne d'autre que moi n'en a entendu parler. C'est par tro…
Daisy Miller is a fascinating portrait of a young woman from Schenectady, New York, who, traveling in Europe, runs afoul of the socially pretentious American expatriate community in Rome. First pub…