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Published in 1904, The Golden Bowl is the last completed novel of Henry James. In it, the widowed American Adam Verver is in Europe with his daughter Maggie. They are rich, finely appreciative of European art and culture, and deeply attached to each other. Maggie has all the... Read Full Overview

A new edition of Henry James's searing study of marriage and Infidelity

Henry James' Masterpiece The Golden Bowl: A Psychological Exploration of the Fragile Dance of Love and Loyalty in Edwardian England Step into the opulent world of Henry James' The Golden Bowl , a masterpiece that intricately weaves a tale of love, deception, and the fragility... Read Full Overview

The Golden Bowl is a 1904 novel by Henry James. Set in England, this complex, intense study of marriage and adultery completes what some critics have called the "major phase" of James' career. The Golden Bowl explores the tangle of interrelationships between a father and daughter... Read Full Overview

Set in England, The Golden Bowl is Henry James's highly charged exploration of adultery, jealousy, and possession that continues-and challenges-James's characteristic exploration of the battle between American innocence and European experience. Maggie Verver, a young American... Read Full Overview

Tells the story of an alliance between Italian aristocracy and American millionaires.

The novel opens with Prince Amerigo musing in Bond Street on his approaching marriage, and on the likely consequences of an alliance between Roman aristocracy and American millions ...

Published in 1904, The Golden Bowl is the last completed novel of Henry James. In it, the widowed American Adam Verver is in Europe with his daughter Maggie. They are rich, finely appreciative of European art and culture, and deeply attached to each other. Maggie has all the... Read Full Overview

The Golden Bowl is a 1904 novel by Henry James. Set in England, this complex, intense study of marriage and adultery completes what some critics have called the "major phase" of James' career. The Golden Bowl explores the tangle of interrelationships between a father and daughter... Read Full Overview

The Golden Bowl is a 1904 novel by Henry James. Set in England, this complex, intense study of marriage and adultery completes what some critics have called the "major phase" of James' career. The Golden Bowl explores the tangle of interrelationships between a father and daughter... Read Full Overview

Unique Elements Historical Context Detailed 20th Century Historical Map An Essential Literary Classic by Henry James The Golden Bowl by American-British author Henry James is a book of literary fiction first published in 1904 in the US. Read An Excerpt 'We must see the old king;... Read Full Overview

Henry James's classic novel about the complexities of marriage, adultery, and family relationships.