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The Patagonia

The Patagonia

James, Henry

Paperback

Classic FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1419176773
ISBN13: 9781419176777
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 17 2004
Pages: 68
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.16 Width: 7.48 Depth: 9.16
Language: English
The Patagonia is a novel written by the renowned American author, Henry James. Set in the late 19th century, the story follows the journey of protagonist, Paul Overt, a young American writer who travels to London to pursue his literary career. There, he meets and falls in love with a beautiful, enigmatic woman named Gertrude Ederle, who introduces him to her circle of wealthy and aristocratic friends.As Paul becomes more involved with Gertrude and her social circle, he begins to uncover the secrets and scandals that lurk beneath their glamorous exterior. He also becomes increasingly fascinated by the mysterious Patagonia, a remote and exotic region of South America that Gertrude claims to have visited.As Paul's obsession with Gertrude and the Patagonia deepens, he finds himself drawn into a web of deceit and betrayal that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear. With its vivid descriptions of London society and the rugged beauty of Patagonia, this novel is a masterful exploration of love, ambition, and the price of obsession.The Patagonia was slow, but spacious and comfortable, and there was a motherly decency in her long nursing rock and her rustling old- fashioned gait, the multitudinous swish, in her wake, as of a thousand proper petticoats. It was as if she wished not to present herself in port with the splashed eagerness of a young creature.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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