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Henry James
Henry James letters
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Palazzo Barbaro
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The Ambassadors
The Golden Bowl
Venice
Wings of the Dove
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- ISBN 9781805330912
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 29 Feb 2024
- Publisher: Pushkin Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Surrounded by the artists, writers and musicians who made up her court in Boston as they did in Venice, Isabella Stewart Gardner, a passionate art collector, was as revered and sought after as royalty. Henry James was inspired by the rich and powerful Gardner, as well as by the Palazzo Barbaro in Venice, when he wrote his novel The Wings of the Dove. Gardner was to recreate a larger-than-life version of Palazzo Barbaro in Boston, which is now the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
These dazzling letters bring to life James's passion for Venice and the Palazzo Barbaro, and serve as an introduction to the fascinating world of Isabella Stewart Gardner herself.
Henry James was born in 1843 in New York City. He travelled extensively during his youth and is considered one of the key figures of nineteenth-century literary realism. He is renowned for his work portraying the encounter of Americans with Europe. The Portrait of a Lady and The Ambassadors are amongst his masterpieces.
