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''Did she know and if she knew would she speak?''

The story of an unsolved literary mystery that explores what James referred to as troubled artistic consciousness

Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin''s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

Henry James (1843-1916). James''s works available in Penguin Classics are The Portrait of a Lady,
The Europeans, What Maisie Knew, The Awkward Age, The Figure in the Carpet and Other Stories, The Turn of The Screw, The Aspern Papers and O

The Figure in the Carpet

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    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 26/02/2015
    ISBN13: 9780141397580, 978-0141397580
    ISBN10: 0141397586

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    ''Did she know and if she knew would she speak?''

    The story of an unsolved literary mystery that explores what James referred to as troubled artistic consciousness

    Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin''s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

    Henry James (1843-1916). James''s works available in Penguin Classics are The Portrait of a Lady,
    The Europeans, What Maisie Knew, The Awkward Age, The Figure in the Carpet and Other Stories, The Turn of The Screw, The Aspern Papers and O

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