The Awkward Age - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0140432973 ISBN 13: 9780140432978

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 2025

Riassunto

Al suo debutto nella società londinese, Nanda Brookenham viene preparata per il mercato matrimoniale. Spinta all'improvviso nel circolo superficiale e immorale che circonda sua madre, la giovane donna innocente ma indipendente si ritrova persino in competizione con Mrs Brookenham per l'affetto dell'uomo che ammira. Solo un anziano scapolo, Mr Longdon, è immune a questo mondo di avidità e intrighi e decide di salvare Nanda dalle sue influenze corruttrici per lealtà al profondo amore che un tempo provava per sua nonna. In The Awkward Age (1899), Henry James esplora il carattere inglese e lo scontro tra denaro vecchio e nuovo con un tocco leggero e sottilmente ironico per creare una critica devastante della società e delle sue macchinazioni.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Henry James (1843-1916), born in New York City, was the son of noted religious philosopher Henry James, Sr., and brother of eminent psychologist and philosopher William James. He spent his early life in America and studied in Geneva, London and Paris during his adolescence to gain the worldly experience so prized by his father. He lived in Newport, went briefly to Harvard Law School, and in 1864 began to contribute both criticism and tales to magazines.

 

In 1869, and then in 1872-74, he paid visits to Europe and began his first novel, Roderick Hudson. Late in 1875 he settled in Paris, where he met Turgenev, Flaubert, and Zola, and wrote The American (1877). In December 1876 he moved to London, where two years later he achieved international fame with Daisy Miller. Other famous works include Washington Square (1880), The Portrait of a Lady (1881), The Princess Casamassima (1886), The Aspern Papers (1888), The Turn of the Screw (1898), and three large novels of the new century, The Wings of the Dove (1902), The Ambassadors (1903) and The Golden Bowl (1904). In 1905 he revisited the United States and wrote The American Scene (1907).

During his career he also wrote many works of criticism and travel. Although old and ailing, he threw himself into war work in 1914, and in 1915, a few months before his death, he became a British subject. In 1916 King George V conferred the Order of Merit on him. He died in London in February 1916.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0140432973
• ISBN 13: 9780140432978
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352
• Contatto del produttore: Penguin Random House Ireland Limited; productsafety@penguin.co.uk