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Title: The Princess Casamassima (Volume 2 of 2)
Original Publication: United Kingdom: MacMillan and Co., Limited,1921.
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_Casamassima
Credits: Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Summary: "The Princess Casamassima (Volume 2 of 2)" by Henry James is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows Hyacinth Robinson, a young man of humble origins who becomes entwined in the fascinating yet complex social world of the titular Princess Casamassima. As he navigates this unfamiliar milieu of aristocracy and political intrigue, the book explores themes of class, identity, and revolutionary fervor. The opening of the narrative finds Hyacinth waking early in a grand country house, having arrived as a guest of the Princess. It vividly describes his astonishment at the beauty and serenity surrounding him and sets the stage for his internal reflections on class distinctions and his newfound connection with the Princess. Throughout this portion, we see his excitement about exploring the opulent life that contrasts sharply with his own working-class background. The stage is set for an evolving relationship between Hyacinth and the Princess, interspersed with Hyacinth's connections to revolutionary ideas and the implications of his lower-class origins in this elegant setting. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 76.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: James, Henry, 1843-1916
EBook No.: 69629
Published: Dec 24, 2022
Downloads: 90
Language: English
Subject: London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The Princess Casamassima (Volume 2 of 2)
Original Publication: United Kingdom: MacMillan and Co., Limited,1921.
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_Casamassima
Credits: Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Summary: "The Princess Casamassima (Volume 2 of 2)" by Henry James is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows Hyacinth Robinson, a young man of humble origins who becomes entwined in the fascinating yet complex social world of the titular Princess Casamassima. As he navigates this unfamiliar milieu of aristocracy and political intrigue, the book explores themes of class, identity, and revolutionary fervor. The opening of the narrative finds Hyacinth waking early in a grand country house, having arrived as a guest of the Princess. It vividly describes his astonishment at the beauty and serenity surrounding him and sets the stage for his internal reflections on class distinctions and his newfound connection with the Princess. Throughout this portion, we see his excitement about exploring the opulent life that contrasts sharply with his own working-class background. The stage is set for an evolving relationship between Hyacinth and the Princess, interspersed with Hyacinth's connections to revolutionary ideas and the implications of his lower-class origins in this elegant setting. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 76.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: James, Henry, 1843-1916
EBook No.: 69629
Published: Dec 24, 2022
Downloads: 90
Language: English
Subject: London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.