Roderick Hudson
by Henry James
- 1 Members Following
Follow a topic to see new activity, such as homework help questions and answers, in your personal feed on the homepage.
At a glance:
- Author: Henry James
- First Published: 1876
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1870’s
- Setting: Primarily Rome, Italy; also Florence, Italy, and Switzerland
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Novel
- Subjects: Gambling, Nineteenth century, Art or artists, Marriage, Beauty, Obsession, Ethics, Italy or Italians, Sculpting or sculptors, Switzerland or Swiss people, Rome, Debtors or creditors
- Locales: Europe, United States, Florence, Italy, Rome, Italy, Italy, Switzerland, North America, Northampton, Massachusetts
Characters Discussed
Roderick Hudson
Roderick Hudson, who lives with his widowed mother in Northampton, Massachusetts. He is studying in a law office, reluctantly and ineptly. He is not stupid, but he dislikes the law and has artistic aspirations; in his spare time, he produces some promising sculpture, but he has no hope of becoming an artist. He meets Rowland Mallet, a rich young man who admires Hudson’s work and offers to help him financially. Mallet takes Hudson to Rome to work as a sculptor. Hudson proves to be a very good artist with the possibility of a major...
(The entire page is 992 words.)
Want to read the whole thing?
Subscribe now to read the rest of this article. Plus, get access to:
- 30,000+ literature study guides
- Critical essays on more than 30,000 works of literature from Salem on Literature (exclusive to eNotes)
- An unparalleled literary criticism section. 40,000 full-length or excerpted essays.
- Content from leading academic publishers, all easily citable with our "Cite this page" button.
- 100% satisfaction guarantee READ MORE
