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The Figure in the Carpet
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A novella by Henry James in which a literary critic becomes obsessed with uncovering the hidden intended meaning, or "figure," running through a novelist's entire body of work. Suited to readers interested in Victorian fiction, literary criticism, and questions of interpretation and authorial meaning.
Henry James
Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of theologian Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.
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