![]() ![]() A compelling blend of psychological observation, wit and compassion, The Princess Casamassima (1886) is one of Henry James's most deeply personal novels. He is horrified by the destruction that would be wreaked by revolution, but still believes he must honour his vow, and finds himself gripped in an agonizing and, ultimately, fatal dilemma. ![]() ![]() But when the Princess Casamassima - beautiful, clever and bored - takes him up and introduces him to her own world of wealth and refinement, Hyacinth is torn. Drawn into a secret circle of radical politics he makes a rash vow to commit a violent act of terrorism. The Princess Casamassima ebook Victorian Romance Novel By Henry James Read a Sample Format ebook ISBN 9785875289453 Author Henry James Publisher e-artnow Release 29 March 2018 Subjects Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive. The illegitimate and impoverished son of a dressmaker and a nobleman, Hyacinth Robinson has grown up with a strong sense of beauty that heightens his acute sympathy for the inequalities that surround him. The Princess Casamassima is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. In his introduction, Derek Brewer discusses the novel's themes of wealth and poverty, delicacy and vulgarity, beauty and horror, its similarities to works by Turgenev and Dickens, and James's depiction of revolutionaries. ![]()
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