Dec 22, 2009

The Spoils of Poynton | The Spoils of Poynton

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Author: Henry James
First Published: 1897
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Social realism
Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
Setting: England
Principal Characters: Mrs. Gereth, Fleda Vetch, Owen Gereth, Mona Brigstock
Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
Subjects: Values, Power, personal or social, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Beauty, England or English people, Greed, Houses, mansions, or manors, Aesthetics
Locales: England

The Story:

While visiting one weekend at Waterbath, the country house of the Brigstock family, Mrs. Gereth met and was immediately drawn to a young woman named Fleda Vetch. The basis of the attraction was a mutual sensitiveness to beautiful things; each guessed that the other possessed such a feeling when they met one morning while obviously trying to escape the house and the rest of the party. Their aversion was caused not by the fact that Waterbath was exceptionally ugly, but rather because it was so very ordinary while pretending to be lovely. The house and the garden might...

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The Spoils of Poynton | The Spoils of Poynton

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