04 March 2007

Henry James: The Aspern Papers

A story about an old poet's old mistress and a cunning publisher who will stop at nothing to catch hold or their private correspondence. Main characters: Juliana Bordereau, Tita Bordereau, nameless narrator. Henry James may paint Tita as the heroine because, after her proposal to the narrator is rejected, she takes the moral high road and burns her aunt's letters.
I rate this a 5 out of 10. I didn't like it, but it was short.

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