The Spoils of Poynton Annotated

By: Henry James

The Spoils of Poynton is a novel by Henry James, first published under the title The Old Things as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1896 and then as a book in 1897. This novel traces the shifting relations among three people and a magnificent collection of art, decorative arts, and furniture arrayed like jewels in a country house called Poynton. Mrs. Gereth, a widow of impeccable taste and iron will, formed the collection over decades only to have it torn away from her when her son Owen decides to marry a frivolous woman. The story is largely told from the viewpoint of Fleda Vetch, a keenly intelligent young woman of straitened circumstances who, shortly after becoming the intimate friend and companion of Mrs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08J59356M
• ISBN13: 9798686405110
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"