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The Golden Bowl
  
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de Henry James (Author) "The Prince had always liked his London, when it had come to him; he was one of the Modern Romans who find by the Thames..." En savoir plus
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The St. Charles Players enliven this typical Henry James tale of an American father and daughter navigating through very sticky British relationships. The pomp and snobbery of James's work play out complete with sound effects, such as crackling fires, braying horses, and a different actor for each character. Surprisingly, these effects enhance the overall presentation, adding color to the predictable and intricate plot line. The varied performers artfully weave this story of complicated relationships and social mores, with its symbolism of the cracked golden bowl, into a fresh story. Where James can be tiresome and mired in heavy text, the St. Charles Players bring air and light into his weighty prose and stifling English gentry. H.L.S. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --Ce texte provient de la Audio Cassette édition.


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'This story of the alliance between Italian aristocracy and American millionaires is "a work unique among all [James'] novels: it is [his] only novel in which things come out right for his characters ...he had finally resolved the questions, curious and passionate, that had kept him at his desk on his inquiries into the process of living. He could now make his peace with America - and he could now collect and unify the work of a lifetime' - Leon Edel in "The Life of Henry James". --Ce texte provient de la Paperback édition.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Mixed reaction, Avril 11 2004
This review is from: Penguin Classics Golden Bowl (Paperback)
Very long, very detailed, and a compendium of compound sentences. It's necessary to read this book during concentrated quiet time. It can be difficult to focus during a commute. James tells the story of a pair of former lovers, who are separately married to a wealthy father and his daughter. James details the relations among them before the marriage, during the betrayal, and after the discovery.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 A massive headache, Déc 13 2003
Par "cmerrell" (Rosewll, GA United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: Penguin Classics Golden Bowl (Paperback)
Like all the rest of James' works The Golden Bowl gave me a massve headache. Amidst all the adjectives and adverbs James tells an interesting story where all the characters act 'splendidly' toward each other. In this case deceit and infedelity are at the core. Hemmingway could have written this in 100 pages or less. James just makes your head spin.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Pompous and verbose, Nov. 16 2003
Par P. Costello "dreamyphil" (New York, NY United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Penguin Classics Golden Bowl (Paperback)
I just spent two weeks reading this book thinking that at some point there would be a hook or a payoff. There was none. James took 787 pages to tell a story that never develops into anything in terms of action, and only an ambiguous wishy-washiness in terms of the characters' subjective states. Yes, in some passages the writing was elegant and enchanting, but not enough to save the book. And no, I'm not ragging on this book simply because I didn't understand it. I did understand it. I'm ragging on it because it was a waste of my time. I'm giving it 3 stars because James is obviously a master of the English language, but this book is essentially for English professors. Read Edith Wharton instead if you're into this period and subject matter.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Pompous and verbose
I just spent two weeks reading this book thinking that at some point there would be a hook or a payoff. There was none. Read more
Publié le Nov. 16 2003 par P. Costello

5.0étoiles sur 5 DON'T LOOK FOR THE CRACK, LOOK FOR THE GOLD IN JAMES
THE GOLDEN BOWL is one among many of James's novels or stories that depict flaws in the human character. The plot is secondary - merely a vehicle to reveal those flaws. Read more
Publié le Juil 20 2002 par Sue M. Nagamoto

5.0étoiles sur 5 'You propose to me beautiful things'
The words of Charlotte Stant above, as she ponders the offer of Maggie Verver's father as he courts her, echo throughout the book and after. Read more
Publié le Jui 18 2002 par jeanne_gris

4.0étoiles sur 5 Ultimate Henry James: Hard to Read But You Will Be Rewarded
The last completed novel by Henry James is, like preceding works of his later era ("The Wings of the Dove" comes up to mind first), very hard to read. Read more
Publié le Jui 11 2002 par Tsuyoshi

2.0étoiles sur 5 A disappointment
I have enjoyed Henry James novels in the past, but "The Golden Bowl" is just too difficult to follow to listen to on tape. Read more
Publié le Janv. 18 2002 par Michael Cappucci

5.0étoiles sur 5 A masterpiece and its betrayal
I discovered James in college and read all his full-length novels before reaching age 30. The only one I had real trouble with was The Golden Bowl. Read more
Publié le Juil 1 2001 par Richard Crowder

5.0étoiles sur 5 The Shattering of the Golden Bowl: Henry James's Dark Art
It is certainly true that Henry James is a notoriously difficult writer. That's because he gives you very little to hold onto -- no clear statements of purpose, no overtly... Read more
Publié le Mai 10 2001 par Mark Siegel

5.0étoiles sur 5 Happy Ending?
I was glad to read that many find this book a little challenging. Having read The American and Portrait of a Lady, I thought I was losing my mind for a while but I stuck with it... Read more
Publié le Mars 22 2001

1.0étoiles sur 5 Top 100 English-language novel of century loser
I am reading the top 100 English-language novels of the 20th century, as drawn up by the editorial board of the Modern Library. This book was rated at 32. Read more
Publié le Nov. 30 2000

5.0étoiles sur 5 difficult, but worth it
Very dense, oblique language, sometimes maddeningly so (read Henry James's preface and you will want to throttle the man; clearly he was told his every utterance was profound,... Read more
Publié le Sep 25 2000

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