Wings Of The Dove

Confronting a Bronzino portrait in an English country house a young Americanheiress comes face to face with her own predicament. For Milly Theale whoseems to ha... » 

Confronting a Bronzino portrait in an English country house a young Americanheiress comes face to face with her own predicament. For Milly Theale whoseems to have the world before her and at her feet is fatally ill. Eager forlife eager for love she embarks on her European adventure warming to theadmiration of her new friends Kate Croy and Merton Densher. But Merton and Kateare secretly engaged and come to see in this angel with a thumping bankaccount as a solution to their own problems. For the remarkable Kate schemingpassionate poetic also wants to live... This edition of Jamess poignant anddramatic novel is based on the revised New York Edition. The cover pictures theBronzino portrait which is the focus of the key scene in the book. «