The Golden Bowl Summary
Henry James

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The Golden Bowl Summary

Henry James' novel "The Golden Bowl" tells the story of the marriage of two couples and the impact the prior relationships of these couples have on each other. The story revolves around a beautiful, but cracked, golden bowl and the secrets this bowl allows to surface. Maggie, the heroine of the book, goes into full battle mode to keep her husband, but protect others from her knowledge of an adulterous affair...

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Project Gutenberg eBooks (2)

The Golden Bowl — Complete

198,947 words, approx. 664 pages

PART SECOND VII Adam Verver, at Fawns, that autumn Sunday, might have been observed to open the door of the billiard-room with a certain freedom—might have been observed, that is, had there... Read more

The Golden Bowl — Volume 2

49,664 words, approx. 166 pages

PART FIFTH XXXV After the little party was again constituted at Fawns—which had taken, for completeness, some ten days—Maggie naturally felt herself still more possessed, in spir... Read more

Henry James Biographies (6)

Henry James

1,087 words, approx. 4 pages

The American author Henry James (1843-1916) was one of the major novelists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His works deal largely with the impact of Europe and its society on Americans.Henr... Read more

Henry James

16,569 words, approx. 56 pages

The first important fact in the life of Henry James is the wealth of his paternal grandfather, the Irish immigrant William James (1771-1832), who, when he died in Albany, New York, left a fortune of $... Read more

Henry James

9,884 words, approx. 33 pages

Henry James was a highly self-conscious author with a systematic interest in the techniques of novel writing--an interest that culminated in the landmark prefaces to the New York Edition of his own wo... Read more

Henry James

9,299 words, approx. 31 pages

Henry James was one of the most prolific of major American writers, having written more than four million words of fiction and about the same amount of nonfiction; in addition, about fifteen thousand ... Read more

Henry James

10,823 words, approx. 37 pages

Traveling often throughout his long and productive life, Henry James wrote fiction and travel literature about Americans in Europe and Europeans in America during the great epoch of transatlantic to... Read more

Henry James

19,139 words, approx. 64 pages

Biography EssayThe first important fact in the life of Henry James is the wealth of his paternal grandfather, the Irish immigrant William James (1771-1832), who, when he died in Albany, New York, left... Read more

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