The Awkward Age (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry James
- First Published: 1899
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1890’s
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, Moral conditions, London, Wealth, Erotica
- Locales: London, England
Places Discussed
Mrs. Brookenham’s drawing room. Central meeting place in the home of the Brookenhams’ home at Buckingham Crescent in London. It is not the room itself but what happens in it that provides its great symbolic importance for Henry James and his characters. What happens in the room is mainly talk—talk that is described by the characters who engage in it as free and outrageous. However, talk leads to knowledge, and knowledge can violate the innocence of the young Victorian woman Nanda Brookenham and thereby ruin her chances in the marriage market.
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