The Sacred Fount (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry James
- First Published: 1901
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1890’s
- Setting: Newmarch, a British country estate, and on board a train
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Perception, Nineteenth century, England or English people, Reality, Adultery, Truthfulness and falsehood, Human behavior, Gossip, Intellect, Intuition, Reason or reasoning
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
The narrator, a novelist who goes with a group of friends for a weekend to Newmarch, a country resort outside London. He is not named in the novel. Naturally inquisitive and an astute observer of human nature, he notices changes in several of his friends for which he can find no immediate explanation: Grace Brissenden seems younger than when they last met, Guy Brissenden older, Gilbert Long more lively, and May Server more withdrawn and worn. He becomes determined to observe everyone carefully, looking for clues that will explain why these character changes...
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