![]() ![]() ![]() But Kate’s scheming has not taken into account the incalculable nature of love. ![]() Kate sees an opportunity to exploit Milly’s vulnerability and devises a plan that will ensure her and Densher’s financial future, allowing them to marry. Milly and Kate become friends, meeting in the London home of Kate’s aunt. Rich, orphaned and gravely ill, Milly Theale and her friend Susan Stringham leave New York (where they happened to meet Densher) for Europe. Passionately in love with a London journalist, Merton Densher, whom her family encourages her to drop, Kate is pursued by the titled Lord Mark and encouraged by her aunt to negotiate a fine marriage. The plot is typically Jamesian: beautiful, penniless Kate Croy will not succumb to a life of poverty. First published in 1902, and revised for the New York Edition in 1907, it is the text of this latter edition I recommend to readers. The Henry James reading group returns to consider one of James’s great, late novels: The Wings of the Dove. The ‘With Book’ option includes the title required for this group at a 10% discount. ![]()
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