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The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James. It tells the story of Milly Theale, an American heiress stricken with a serious disease, and her effect on the people around her. Some of these people befriend Milly with honourable motives, while others are more self-interested.
- Henry James
- 1902
Set amid the splendor of London drawing rooms and gilded Venetian palazzos, The Wings of the Dove is the story of Milly Theale, a naïve, doomed American heiress, and a pair of lovers, Kate Croy and Merton Densher, who conspire to obtain her fortune.
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The Wings of the Dove, novel by Henry James, published in 1902. It explores one of James’s favourite themes: the cultural clash between naive Americans and sophisticated, often decadent Europeans. The story is set in London and Venice.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James. It follows Kate Croy, an ambitious young Londoner who devises an unscrupulous plan to reconcile her love of a poor man with her desire to match well and live among London's upper social echelons.
Published in 1902, The Wings of the Dove is part of Henry James’s later body of work and reveals a more intensely psychological aspect than his earlier novels do. James once again focuses on...
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