The Aspern Papers

By Henry James, Robin Field, Success Oceo

Subjects: Venice (italy), fiction, Collectors and collecting, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Fiction, general, Large type books, English drama, Fiction, historical, general, Manuscripts, American Psychological fiction, Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Drama, Man-woman relationships, Poets, Fiction, romance, general, Fiction, psychological, Classic Literature, Venice (Italy)

Description: With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.