Penguin Classics: The Figure in the Carpet and Other Stories
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The stories in this collection were written mostly between 1888 and 1897, a time when Henry James’s writing was concerned with the art of fiction and the position of the artist in society. The motif and title story, ‘The Figure in the Carpet’, is an inspired joke, a masterpiece of double-entendre that demands the reader’s undivided love and attention and continues to baffle its critics. Also included are ‘The Author of Beltraffio’, an absorbing story of family infighting, authorship and tragedy, and ‘The Private Life’, a spirited tale that considers the contrast between the artist alone and at work. While many of these stories appear to be elaborate Jamesian games, all employ irony and humour to allegorize artistic creation.The Author of Betraffio --The Lesson of the Master --The Private Life --The Middle Years --The Death of the Lion --The Next Time --The Figure in the Carpet --John Delavoy.
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Penguin Classics: The Figure in the Carpet and Other Stories, Henry James, Frank Kermode
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- Released
- 1986
- Binding
- (Paperback),
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- Damaged
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- €10.99
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- Title
- Penguin Classics: The Figure in the Carpet and Other Stories
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Henry James, Frank Kermode
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Released
- 1986
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 464
- ISBN10
- 0140432558
- ISBN13
- 9780140432558
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Humor, Women, Short Stories, USA, 20th century, American Literature, Stories, School, Series, 19th century, English Literature, Russian Literature, Satire, 18th century, Victorian Era, Modernism
- Description
- The stories in this collection were written mostly between 1888 and 1897, a time when Henry James’s writing was concerned with the art of fiction and the position of the artist in society. The motif and title story, ‘The Figure in the Carpet’, is an inspired joke, a masterpiece of double-entendre that demands the reader’s undivided love and attention and continues to baffle its critics. Also included are ‘The Author of Beltraffio’, an absorbing story of family infighting, authorship and tragedy, and ‘The Private Life’, a spirited tale that considers the contrast between the artist alone and at work. While many of these stories appear to be elaborate Jamesian games, all employ irony and humour to allegorize artistic creation.The Author of Betraffio --The Lesson of the Master --The Private Life --The Middle Years --The Death of the Lion --The Next Time --The Figure in the Carpet --John Delavoy.