The mother had wished to prevent the father,…from ‘so much as looking at the child;’ the father’s plea was that the mother’s lightest touch was ‘simply contamination.’ These were the opposed principles in which Maisie was to be educated….Nothing could have been more touching at first than her failure to suspect the ordeal that awaited …
Tag: Henry James
Washington Square, Henry James (1880)
Father: The principal thing that we know about this young man—leads us to suppose that, however much he may value your personal merits, he values your money more….If Morris Townsend has spent his own fortune in amusing himself, there is every reason to believe that he would spend yours. Daughter: That is not the principal …
Daisy Miller, Henry James (1878)
“What has she been doing?”“Everything that is not done here. Flirting with any man she could pick up; sitting in corners with mysterious Italians; dancing all the evening with the same partners; receiving visits at eleven o’clock at night.” Published in 1878, Daisy Miller is one of Henry James’s early works. It foreshadows his reputation …
The Bostonians, Henry James (1886)
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348977053i/5255820.jpg Of course, I only speak to women—to my own dear sisters; I don’t speak to men, for I don’t expect them to like what I say. They pretend to admire us very much, but I should like them to admire us a little less and to trust us a little more…When I see the …
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