In the Cage

by Henry James, Libby Purves (Foreword by)

Overview

In this small masterpiece of unrequited love, Henry James, as in his greatest novels, depicts a moral consciousness torn between emotional impulses and the demands of society. Working in a post office in Mayfair, a young woman is exposed to the cryptic but alluring correspondence of the social elite, and in particular, to lines written by the dashing Captain Everard. As she memorizes the messages he telegraphs, she becomes increasingly attracted to the life described to her, fixated by scandal and gossip a world apart from her ordinary existence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781843910251
Publisher:	Hesperus Press
Publication date:	11/01/2002
Series:	Hesperus Classics
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Henry James, OM was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language.

Date of Birth:

April 15, 1843

Date of Death:

February 28, 1916

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Attended school in France and Switzerland; Harvard Law School, 1862-63

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
	In the Cage	1
	Biographical note	113