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Title: The Birthplace (Hesperus Classics)
Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Details:
Blackport-on-Dwindle - 'all granite, fog and female fiction' - has been the Gedges' dull domain for some years. They leap, therefore, at the invitation to become the live-in guardians of the birthplace of the nation's literary hero. Anticipating romance, inspiration - all that has been lacking in their lives to date - they find, instead, that the house casts an altogether more sinister spell. In The Birthplace, James explores in miniature the themes of his major fiction, enlivened by a keener-than-ever eye for character and a wry appreciation of pretension and the absurd. The novella is published here alongside 'The Private Life', another little-known work in which James again considers the relevance of the artist's persona - a theme with continued relevance in literature and the arts.
Title: The Birthplace (Hesperus Classics)
Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Details:
Blackport-on-Dwindle - 'all granite, fog and female fiction' - has been the Gedges' dull domain for some years. They leap, therefore, at the invitation to become the live-in guardians of the birthplace of the nation's literary hero. Anticipating romance, inspiration - all that has been lacking in their lives to date - they find, instead, that the house casts an altogether more sinister spell. In The Birthplace, James explores in miniature the themes of his major fiction, enlivened by a keener-than-ever eye for character and a wry appreciation of pretension and the absurd. The novella is published here alongside 'The Private Life', another little-known work in which James again considers the relevance of the artist's persona - a theme with continued relevance in literature and the arts.