Figure in the Carpet, The

By James, Henry

Book Id: WPLBN0002952228
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File Size: 47.76 MB
Reproduction Date: 2009

Title:	Figure in the Carpet, The
Author:	James, Henry
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Fiction, Literature
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Figure in the Carpet, The
Historic Publication Date:	1896
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago James, B. H. (1896). Figure in the Carpet, The. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

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The story ostensibly concerns a young literary critics who greatly admirs the writer Hugh Vereker. A meeting with Vereker, however, shows him that he – and all other critics – have in fact missed the great point of Verreker's work, and the critic (and his editor) thereupon devote themselves to trying to unravel the mystery. James's story, however, almost certainly has an autobiographical side to it, perhaps itself criticizing those critics who couldn't see, or wouldn't see, the figures lost in the carpet of his own writing. (Summary by Nicholas Clifford)

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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Fiction, Literature