The mother had wished to prevent the father,...from 'so much as looking at the child;' the father's plea was that the mother's lightest touch was 'simply contamination.' These were the opposed principles in which Maisie was to be educated....Nothing could have been more touching at first than her failure to suspect the ordeal that awaited …
Tag: Henry James
Washington Square, Henry James (1880)
Thoughts on Washington Square, by Henry James
Daisy Miller: A Study, Henry James (1878)
Book Review on Daisy Miller, by Henry James
R.I.P.XIII-Lucky Thirteen for this Scary October
Readers Imbibing Peril or R.I.P. is a gathering of readers taking advantage of the encroaching darkness* of autumn to read books of mystery, horror, Gothic, suspense, the dark fantasies, thrillers and so on. It starts in September, though I usually join in October. Any reading format is game as are films, tv, web series. …
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The Bostonians, Henry James (1886)
The Bostonians, by Henry James. My thoughts on the book.
Hawthorne, Henry James (1879)
Book review of Hawthorne by Henry James.
Relevant Obscurity 