{"product_id":"the-golden-bowl","title":"The Golden Bowl","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eSecond-Hand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenry James's late, great work is a highly charged study of adultery, jealousy and possession that both continues, and challenges, his theme of confrontation between American innocence and European experience.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHenry James's highly charged study of adultery, jealousy and possession, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Golden Bowl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is edited with an introduction and notes by Ruth Bernard Yeazell in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMaggie Verver, a young American heiress, and her widowed father Adam, a billionaire collector of objets d'art, lead a life of wealth and refinement in London. They are both getting married- Maggie to Prince Amerigo, an impoverished Italian aristocrat, and Adam to the beautiful but penniless Charlotte Stant, a friend of his daughter. But both father and daughter are unaware that their new conquests share a secret - one for which all concerned must pay the price. Henry James's late, great work both continues and challenges his theme of confrontation between American innocence and European experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Golden Bowl\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003econtains a chronology, suggested further reading, a glossary, notes and an introduction by Ruth Bernard Yeazall discussing James's original conception of the novel and later changes made to its structure and characters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHenry James (1843-1916) son of a prominent theologian, and brother to the philosopher William James, was one of the most celebrated novelists of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efin-de-si cle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. In addition to many short stories, plays, books of criticism, biography and autobiography, and much travel writing, he wrote some twenty novels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis novella 'Daisy Miller' (1878) established him as a literary figure on both sides of the Atlantic, and his other novels in Penguin Classics include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWashington Square\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1880), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Portrait of a Lady\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1881), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat Maisie Knew\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1897), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Awkward Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1899), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Wings of the Dove\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(1902) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Ambassadors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1903). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Golden Bowl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, you might like Theodor Fontaine's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEffi Briest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry James","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43210057318569,"sku":"","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/the-golden-bowl_1.webp?v=1693459753","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-golden-bowl","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}