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The Spoils of Poynton
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| FORMATO | epub |
| EDITORE | E-BOOKARAMA |
| EAN | 9788835852834 |
| ANNO PUBBLICAZIONE | 2020 |
| CATEGORIA |
Famiglia e relazioni Letteratura Teatro Letteratura per ragazzi Narrativa Rosa |
| LINGUA | eng |
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"The Spoils of Poynton" is a short novel by Henry James first published as a serial titled The Old Things in The Atlantic Monthly in 1896. Retitled "The Spoils of Poynton", it was published as a book in 1897.
Poynton Park is the home of old Mrs. Gereth, an antique collector with impeccable taste who has filled her lodgings with splendid art objects and furniture. The possessive Mrs. Gereth wants her weak-willed son to marry a pleasant young woman who shares her refined tastes. Instead he becomes engaged to a vulgar, greedy woman, and the treasures of Poynton become the prize over which mother and fiancée battle. In the end Poynton and its spoils, which have destroyed all of the novel’s relationships...
Poynton Park is the home of old Mrs. Gereth, an antique collector with impeccable taste who has filled her lodgings with splendid art objects and furniture. The possessive Mrs. Gereth wants her weak-willed son to marry a pleasant young woman who shares her refined tastes. Instead he becomes engaged to a vulgar, greedy woman, and the treasures of Poynton become the prize over which mother and fiancée battle. In the end Poynton and its spoils, which have destroyed all of the novel’s relationships...