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The Aspern Papers (Modern Classics)

by Unknown Author

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240 pages1977Penguin (Non-Classics)ISBN 9780140041019

About this book

With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.

Publication Details

Publisher
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published
1977
Pages
240
ISBN
9780140041019

About Unknown Author

Henry James, was an American writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr., a clergyman, and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James

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