The Golden Bowl
by Henry James
Taste attributes: dramaromanceslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricateglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiptroubled leadsself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeWeighty and realistic: a fresh novel, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
A rich American art-collector & his daughter Maggie buy in for themselves & to their greater glory a beautiful young wife & a noble husband. They do not know that Charlotte & Prince Amerigo were formerly lovers, nor that on the eve of the Prince's marriage they had discovered, in an antique shop, a golden bowl with a secret flaw.
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- Author
- Henry James
- Published
- 1904
- Pages
- 548
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- Open Library
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