Narrativa
"The Figure in the Carpet" by Henry James A writer for a literary newspaper, prides himself on his astute review of Hugh Vereker's latest novel. Vereker inadvertently dismisses his efforts, and confides in the narrator that all critics have "missed my little point." The narrator racks his brains and, in desperation, tells his friend Corvick about the puzzle. Corvick and his novelist fiancée, Gwendolen, pursue "the trick" without success until Corvick, traveling alone in India, wires Gwendolen and the narrator "Eureka! Immense." He refuses to tell Gwendolen the secret until they are married, and then dies in an accident. Since Gwendolen refuses to share her knowledge, the narrator speculates what she knows.
© 2019 Good Press (Ebook): 4057664134929
Data di uscita
Ebook: 19 novembre 2019
Narrativa
"The Figure in the Carpet" by Henry James A writer for a literary newspaper, prides himself on his astute review of Hugh Vereker's latest novel. Vereker inadvertently dismisses his efforts, and confides in the narrator that all critics have "missed my little point." The narrator racks his brains and, in desperation, tells his friend Corvick about the puzzle. Corvick and his novelist fiancée, Gwendolen, pursue "the trick" without success until Corvick, traveling alone in India, wires Gwendolen and the narrator "Eureka! Immense." He refuses to tell Gwendolen the secret until they are married, and then dies in an accident. Since Gwendolen refuses to share her knowledge, the narrator speculates what she knows.
© 2019 Good Press (Ebook): 4057664134929
Data di uscita
Ebook: 19 novembre 2019
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