Project Gutenberg 2020-10-04 Public domain in the USA. 209 James, Henry 1843 1916 Lubbock, Percy 1879 1965 The Sense of the Past "[T]he second of the two novels which Henry James left unfinished [...]. The two first books and a part of the third had been written[...] The notes on the course which the book was to follow were dictated when he reached the point where the original draft broke off. These notes are given in full[...]"--Preface (signed: Percy Lubbock) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sense_of_the_Past The sense of the past -- Notes for the sense of the past. Produced by Laura Natal Rodrigues at Free Literature (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust.) "The Sense of the Past" by Henry James is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Ralph Pendrel, a thirty-year-old man grappling with a life shaped by loss and a recent inheritance, which may provide him an opportunity to reclaim his family's past. The narrative delves into themes of identity, romance, and the complex relationship between the past and present. At the start of the book, Ralph Pendrel reflects on his life marked by personal loss, including the death of several family members, and contemplates his feelings for Aurora Coyne, a woman he loves. While he faces the emotional turmoil of potentially telling her about an unexpected inheritance from a distant cousin in England, he also grapples with doubts about his worthiness and the implications of a romantic relationship with someone of her social standing. The opening establishes a poignant exploration of Ralph's internal struggles and sets the stage for the intricacies of his impending journey to reconnect with a past he longs to understand and embody, both personally and historically. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Time travel -- Fiction PS Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: British Literature 532715 2025-07-25T07:38:37.930389 text/html 513942 2024-10-18T06:45:00 text/html 524096 2025-07-25T07:38:47.495354 application/epub+zip 531258 2025-07-25T07:38:41.850333 application/epub+zip 493236 2025-07-25T07:38:39.542359 application/epub+zip 496112 2025-07-25T07:38:51.416323 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 475793 2025-07-25T07:38:45.861366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 438131 2022-09-28T15:22:06.737845 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 517573 2025-07-25T07:38:37.568400 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 497811 2024-10-18T06:45:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17490 2025-07-25T07:38:51.565318 application/rdf+xml 7307 2025-07-25T07:38:40.247362 image/jpeg 1832 2025-07-25T07:38:39.879361 image/jpeg 635865 2025-07-25T07:38:37.981388 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia