Roderick Hudson

By: James, Henry

Mallet had made his arrangements to sail for Europe on the first of September, andhaving in the interval a fortnight to spare, he determined to spend it with his cousin Cecilia, the widow of a nephew of his father. He was urged by the reflection that an affectionatefarewell might help to exonerate him from the charge of neglect frequently preferred bythis lady. It was not that the young man disliked her; on the contrary, he regarded her witha tender admiration, and he had not forgotten how, when his cousin had brought her homeon her marriage, he had seemed to feel the upward sweep of the empty bough from whichthe golden fruit had been plucked, and had then and there accepted the prospect ofbachelorhood

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08NN2T99C
• ISBN13: 9798565711035
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"