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A Henry James Encyclopedia. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1989. Contains a critical summary of the plot of The Wings of the Dove and descriptive identifications of its twenty-five characters ...
Published in 1902, The Wings of the Dove is part of Henry James’s later body of work and reveals a more intensely psychological aspect than his earlier novels do. James once again focuses on the ...
Kate Croy, the young woman who befriends Milly Theale in England and seeks through her a solution to her own problems. A victim of her father’s bad reputation and her uncompromising aunt’s ...
James wrote three of his best novels in quick succession shortly after 1900. As the new century began, he produced The Wings of the Dove (1902), The Ambassadors (1903), and The Golden Bowl (1904 ...
As the love of money is the root of all evil, the theme of The Wings of a Dove is that the getting of money is the root of all vulgarity. While having money is desirable, getting money is ...
In a later scene in Venice, the image of the dove itself is shown as not only denoting innocence, but also ability to conceal feelings and the truth. Finally, the whiteness of the dove is also ...
Chapters 7-9 Summary and Analysis. Summary. Now in London, Milly and Mrs. Stringham dine at Lancaster Gate with Mrs. Lowder. Among the other guests are Kate Croy and Lord Mark. Milly is a bit ...
Chapters 26-28 Summary and Analysis. Summary. Merton had been touring Venice with Kate, Mrs. Lowder, and Susie when Mrs. Lowder tells him to go back to visit Milly at the Palazzo Leporelli. He ...
Jul 5, 2024 · Summary: "The publicity implied by such privacies" in the opening paragraph of "The Wings of the Dove" refers to the paradox where private, intimate moments or details can become public knowledge ...
The Wings of the Dove. by Henry James. Start Free Trial Summary Chapter Summaries Chapters 1 and 2 Summary and Analysis ...
