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The Beast in the Jungle

The Beast in the Jungle

James, Henry

Hardcover

Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1161457321
ISBN13: 9781161457322
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: May 23 2010
Pages: 46
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.25 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The Beast In The Jungle is a novella written by the renowned American-British author, Henry James. The story revolves around John Marcher, a man who believes that a great and terrible fate awaits him. He is convinced that there is a beast lurking in the jungle of his life, waiting to pounce on him at any moment. Marcher is haunted by this belief and it consumes him, leading him to live a life of isolation and detachment.Throughout the novella, Marcher meets a number of women, including May Bartram, who becomes his closest confidante. May is also convinced that Marcher's fate is tied to the beast he fears, and she spends much of her time trying to help him understand and overcome his fear. However, Marcher remains convinced that his fate is sealed, and that he is destined to face the beast alone.The Beast In The Jungle is a powerful exploration of fear, fate, and the human psyche. James' writing is masterful, and he creates a hauntingly beautiful world that draws the reader in and keeps them captivated until the very end. The novella is a classic of American literature, and it continues to be widely read and studied today.The great rooms caused so much poetry and history to press upon him that he needed some straying apart to feel in a proper relation with them, though this impulse was not, as happened, like the gloating of some of his companions, to be compared to the movements of a dog sniffing a cupboard. It had an issue promptly enough in a direction that was not to have been calculated.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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