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The Awkward Age is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in Harper's Weekly in 1898–1899 and then as a book later in 1899. Originally conceived as a brief, light story about the complications created in her family's social set by a young girl coming of age, the novel expanded into a general treatment of decadence and ...
The Awkward Age, novel by Henry James, published in 1899. Written mostly in dialogue with limited narrative explanation, The Awkward Age is the story of Nanda Brookenham, a young society woman whose attempts at marriage are foiled by various members of her mother’s social circle.
In The Awkward Age, James explores the English character, and the clash between old and new money with a light and subtly ironic touch to create a devastating critique of society and its machinations.
30 de jul. de 2009 · “The Awkward Age” is precisely a study of one of these curtailed or extended periods of tension and apprehension, an account of the manner in which the resented interference with ancient liberties came to be in a particular instance dealt with.
THE AWKWARD AGE. HENRY JAMES. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS - 9780192837042. Escribe tu opinión. Literatura Novela contemporánea Narrativa anglosajona. El Ministerio del Dolor. Ugrešic habla por experiencia propia de los horrores de la pérdida y el desarraigo, y conjura en una novela devastadora todos los demonios de la guerra. Ver más. Ficha técnica.
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In The Awkward Age (1899), Henry James explores the English character, and the clash between old and new money with a light and subtly ironic touch to create a devastating critique of society and its machinations.
