The Wings of the Dove (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry James
- First Published: 1902
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: c. 1900
- Setting: London and Venice
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Twentieth century, Europe or Europeans, Marriage, Friendship, Death or dying, London, Ethics, Terminal illness or terminally ill, Italy or Italians, Gossip, Wealth
- Locales: London, England, Venice, Italy, Alps
Characters Discussed
Mildred (Milly) Theale, “the dove” who goes to Europe to learn to live and to die there of an incurable disease. A handsome young woman of great means, inherited through the deaths of her entire family of six, this New Yorker with her Bostonian writer friend and a companion her own age tries to extend her experiences so as to encompass a lifetime in a few short months. Although Milly seems never to suffer, she is the first to know that her sickness will be fatal, and she needs only the strength and subtlety of an eminent physician to confirm this fact....
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