Henry James, Glasses

Leonardo Buonomo (Universita degli studi di Trieste)

Ed. by Neil Cornwell, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.3: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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First circulation or publication 1916

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United States (Country of Origin)

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Henry James's story “Glasses” was published in the

Atlantic Monthly

in February 1896 and was included, in the same year, in James's book

Embarrassments

, together with the better-known “The Figure in the Carpet”, “The Next Time”, and “The Way it Came”. Narrated by an American portrait painter who is both an observer and a participant in the story, “Glasses” is set in the English resort town of Folkestone and revolves around a young woman, Flora Saunt, who first captivates the narrator's professional interest for the extraordinary beauty of her face. As the narrator soon discovers, not only is Flora keenly aware of being blessed with uncommonly attractive features, but she regards them as her only valuable property, the one card she can play to obtain financial security,…

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Citation: Buonomo, Leonardo. "Glasses". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 20 April 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=21673, accessed 21 November 2024.]

Henry James, Glasses

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