The Golden Bowl by Henry James
Maggie Verver, a young American heiress, and her widowed father Adam, a billionaire collector of objets d'art, lead a life of wealth and refinement in London. They are both getting married: Maggie to Prince Amerigo, an impoverished Italian aristocrat, and Adam to the beautiful but penniless Charlotte Stant, a friend of his daughter.
'One of the greatest pieces of fiction ever written' - AN. Wilson 'A wonderfully luminous drama' - Gore Vidal
Henry James was born in 1843 in new York, with Scottish and Irish ancestry. Having studied in New York and Europe, he became a lawyer, and started writing in 1865. Spending time in Paris he knew Flaubert and Turgenev, before moving to London and then Sussex.
Philip Horne is a Reader in English at UCL. He is author of the acclaimed Henry James: A Life in Letters and series editor for several of Penguin Classics' Henry James' novels.
Ruth Yeazell is the Chase Professor of English at Yale University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141441276 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141441275 |
| Title | The Golden Bowl |
| Author | Henry James |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-06-25 |
| Number of pages | 656 |
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