The Figure in the Carpet

by Henry James

Book Overview

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This delightful short story ostensibly concerns a young literary critics who greatly admirs the writer Hugh Vereker. A meeting with Vereker, however, shows him that he - and all other critics - have in fact missed the great point of Verreker's work, and the critic (and his editor) thereupon devote themselves to trying to unravel the mystery. James's story, however, almost certainly has an autobiographical side to it, perhaps...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978403658
• ISBN13: 9781978403659
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good selection; Kindle version mixes up pages

The Kindle version of this Penguin book mixes up pages near the beginning, so that we get two or three pages of James's introduction to "The Death of the Lion" interrupted by Frank Kermode's Note on the Texts, which is itself printed with its second half first and first half buried in James's introduction's second half. It's easy to figure out what's happening and live with it, but oh when will Kindle publishers start taking even the most elementary care of their products? Penguin has a reputation to consider, after all. The selection is good and Kermode's introduction is thorough and intelligent. The stories are all about writers and their problems with the public, with editors, and with their own works. It's ironic that such a collection should be partly ruined by sloppy commercial publishing.