422; [423]-882 pp. A novel by the author of The Portrait of a Lady, etc., now considered a pioneer in the Modern Movement of literature. First published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1889-1890 and then as a book in 1890. Henry James puts the gimlet eye on an actress and a painter, and the passions they arouse among friends and possible lovers. He also finds inspiration in a character suggested by Oscar Wilde in what scholar Leon Edel calls a witty and sophisticated novel.
