The Wings of the Dove

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The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James that explores complex moral and emotional entanglements surrounding love, wealth, and betrayal in Edwardian society.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
adaptation The Wings of the Dove (1997 film)
adaptationType film
author Henry James
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception considered one of Henry James's major novels
explores complex moral and emotional entanglements
exploitation and complicity in love
impact of wealth on personal relationships
tension between personal desire and moral duty
filmAdaptationDirector Iain Softley
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1997
firstPublishedIn London
firstPublisher Archibald Constable & Co.
focusesOn relationships shaped by money and illness
genre literary fiction
novel of manners
psychological novel
hasProtagonist Kate Croy
Merton Densher
Milly Theale
hasTitleOrigin biblical allusion to a dove
language English
literaryMovement modernist precursor
realism
mainCharacter Kate Croy
Merton Densher
Milly Theale
mainTheme betrayal
love
moral ambiguity
sacrifice
social class
wealth
narrativeFocus psychological depth of characters
narrativeStyle third-person narration
narrativeTechnique free indirect discourse
interior monologue
notableCharacter Aunt Maud Lowder
partOf late phase of Henry James's career
placeOfPublication United Kingdom
publicationYear 1902
settingLocation London
Venice
settingPeriod Edwardian era
structure three-part novel


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