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The Sacred Fount is a novel by Henry James, first published in 1901. The book follows an unnamed narrator at a weekend party in the English countryside as he attempts to discover the truth about the love lives of his fellow guests.
21 de jun. de 2010 · She has, by an extraordinary feat of legerdemain, extracted them; and he, on his side, to supply her, has had to tap the sacred fount. But the sacred fount is like the greedy man's description of the turkey as an 'awkward' dinner dish.
17 de mar. de 2024 · One of James's strangest works, The Sacred Fount, explores ideas of sexual desire and power in an English country house setting. The novel aroused considerable critical bewilderment and hostility on its original publication in 1901 but was retrieved by a subsequent generation of critics who found its ambiguity and stylistic ...
Compared to novels such as The Portrait of a Lady or The Ambassadors, where a first periodical version as well as a New York Edition text exists, the situation in the case of The Sacred Fount is straightforward.
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29 de sept. de 2022 · The sacred fount by Henry James. Publication date 1959 Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-09-29 22:01:40 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 ...
Summary. on 17 February 1894, the 50-year-old Henry James attended a function at 65 Rutland Gate, Knightsbridge, less than a mile away from his flat at 34 De Vere Gardens in Kensington. This London dinner, which took place in what James later described as an ‘immaculate & lovable house’, was held by the literary hostess Blanche Alethea ...
