Rent The Master

Synopsis

If Leon Edel's five-volume life of Henry James is the literary equivalent of a vast but perfectly articulated symphony, this novel can best be described as a series of brilliant Ttudes based on themes derived from it....T=ibfn is remarkably successful in conveying the two most important facts about James. First, here was a writer totally dedicated to his art. Second, here was a writer who...brought to his depiction of human travails and torments a psychological understanding unsurpassed by any of his contemporaries.

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