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The Other House in Bloomington, MN
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This terse and startling novel, written just before
The Spoils of Poynton
and
What Maisie Knew
,is the story of a struggle for possession—and of its devastating consequences. Three women seek to secure the affections of one man, while he, in turn, tries to satisfy them all. But in the middle of this contest of wills stands his unwitting and vulnerable young daughter. The savage conclusion of
The Other House
makes it one of the most disturbing and memorable of Henry James's depictions of the uncontrollable passions that lie beneath the polished veneer of civilized life.
Oh blest
Other House
, which gives me thus at every step a precedent, a divine little light to walk by... —Henry James
The Spoils of Poynton
and
What Maisie Knew
,is the story of a struggle for possession—and of its devastating consequences. Three women seek to secure the affections of one man, while he, in turn, tries to satisfy them all. But in the middle of this contest of wills stands his unwitting and vulnerable young daughter. The savage conclusion of
The Other House
makes it one of the most disturbing and memorable of Henry James's depictions of the uncontrollable passions that lie beneath the polished veneer of civilized life.
Oh blest
Other House
, which gives me thus at every step a precedent, a divine little light to walk by... —Henry James
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