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... Princess Casamassima was the first fruit of James's decision to settle in England , and much of its richness comes from the thorough- ness of his surrender to the spell of London , from ' the assault directly made by the great city upon ...
... Princess Casamassima was the first fruit of James's decision to settle in England , and much of its richness comes from the thorough- ness of his surrender to the spell of London , from ' the assault directly made by the great city upon ...
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... Princess Casamassima ( the Christina Light of James's first novel Roderick Hudson ) , who , out of her ' aversion to the banal ' , has left her Italian husband and the whole aristocratic way of life in order to seek reality in ...
... Princess Casamassima ( the Christina Light of James's first novel Roderick Hudson ) , who , out of her ' aversion to the banal ' , has left her Italian husband and the whole aristocratic way of life in order to seek reality in ...
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... Princess herself . This is one source of the abiding satisfaction we feel from The Princess Casamassima , as is apparent when we compare the novel with contemporary works like Gissing's Thyrza or even later novels like those of the ...
... Princess herself . This is one source of the abiding satisfaction we feel from The Princess Casamassima , as is apparent when we compare the novel with contemporary works like Gissing's Thyrza or even later novels like those of the ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
The Beginnings | 21 |
The Eighteenth Century | 43 |
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