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The Wings of the Dove
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The Wings of the Dove (1902) (edit title/settings)

by Henry James (Author) (edit contributors)

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One of three masterpieces from Henry James ’s final, “major” phase, The Wings of the Dove dramatizes the conflict between nineteenth-century values and twentieth-century passions. Born to wealth and privilege, Kate Croy’s mother threw it all away to marry a penniless opium addict. After her... read more

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SHE WAITED, Kate Croy, for her father to come in, but he kept her unconscionably, and there were moments at which she showed herself, in the glass over the mantel, a face positively pale with the irritation that had brought her to the point of going away without sight of him.

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This is book 26 of 93 in Modern Library's 100 Best Novels: The Board's List. (authoritative list)
This is book 779 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 89 of 101 in Penguin English Library. (publisher series)
This is book 59 of 213 in Best English-Language Fiction of the 20th Century. (authoritative list)

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  1. Henry James (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Bodley Head, London
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 1902
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Page Count: 4003

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  • Henry James : Literary Criticism, Vol. 1: Essays, English and American Writers (Library of America)
  • The Cambridge Companion to Henry James

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