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The Princess Casamassima (The Unabridged Edition): A Political Thriller
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ISBN10: 8027334926
ISBN13: 9788027334926
Publisher: E Artnow
Published: Dec 14 2020
Pages: 306
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
ISBN13: 9788027334926
Publisher: E Artnow
Published: Dec 14 2020
Pages: 306
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
The Princess Casamassima is the story of an intelligent but confused young London bookbinder, Hyacinth Robinson, who becomes involved in radical politics and a terrorist assassination plot. Amanda Pynsent, an impoverished seamstress, has adopted Hyacinth Robinson, the illegitimate son of her old friend Florentine Vivier, a Frenchwoman of less than sterling repute, and an English lord. Florentine had stabbed her lover to death several years ago, and Pinnie (as Miss Pynsent is nicknamed) takes Hyacinth to see her as she lies dying at Millbank prison. Hyacinth eventually learns that the dying woman is his mother and that she murdered his father. Many years pass. Hyacinth, now a young man and a skilled bookbinder, meets revolutionary Paul Muniment and gets involved in radical politics. Hyacinth also has a coarse but lively girlfriend, Millicent Henning, and one night they go to the theatre. There Hyacinth meets the radiantly beautiful Princess Casamassima... Henry James (1843-1916) was an American-British writer who spent most of his writing career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism.
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