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The Golden Bowl
by Henry James
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 081256510X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812565102
- Seller
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Tom Doherty Associates / Tor, November 2000. Paperback. First Tor edition (stated) / full number line. Interior lightly tanned, otherwise unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light shelfwear to covers. 634 pages. Set in England, this complex, intense study of marriage and adultery explores the tangle of interrelationships between a father and daughter and their respective spouses.
Synopsis
The Golden Bowl, Henry James’ last completed novel, is widely considered to be one of the author’s best works (along with The Ambassadors and The Wings of a Dove). In it, James continues to explore his favored themes of marriage, money, and psychological warfare. The novel, set in England, tells the story of American heiress Maggie Verver, who is engaged to Amerigo, an impoverished Italian prince. Maggie’s father, Adam, travels to London for the wedding and meets Charlotte Stant, a friend of both Maggie and the prince. In a nutshell, The Golden Bowl is about Maggie’s education on marriage, adultery, and the aftermath. The title of the novel comes from a Biblical passage, Ecclesiastes 12:6-7: "Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern… then shall the dust return to the earth as it was…” The golden bowl, first seen in a London curio shop, is used emblematically throughout the novel. The Golden Bowl is ranked 32nd on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century and 36th on The Guardian’s list of the 100 best novels. Adaptations include the highly praised 1972 BBC six-hour-long televised version and the 2000 film directed by James Ivory, starring Uma Thurman, Nick Nolte, Kate Beckinsale, and Jeremy Northam.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books of the World
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000000166
- Title
- The Golden Bowl
- Author
- Henry James
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 081256510X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812565102
- Publisher
- Tom Doherty Associates / Tor
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- November 2000
- Keywords
- fiction, classics, domestic, psychological, art, art collectors, art collecting, adultery, fathers and daughters, England
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Erotica; Britain; Domestic and Family Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
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Finding new homes for the library I collected over five decades of travel around the world.
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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