The Aspern Papers

The narrator is given the opportunity to get what he wants through marriage to Tita, why does he refuse?

The Aspern Papers

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When Tita proposes marriage to the narrator, she tells him that if they were married, she could show him Juliana's letters without moral compunction. The narrator rejects her proposal, however, as the proposal has reawakened him to the immorality and deceitfulness of his mission.

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The Aspern Papers