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The golden bowl / Henry James.

by James, Henry, 1843-1916.

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Grove Press, 1952, [c1932]

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Fiction.

Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.

Americans -- England -- Fiction.

Adultery -- Fiction.

England -- Fiction.

9780199538584 (2009 Oxford University reissue pbk.)

9780679417330 (1992 Everyman's Library hc.)

0679417338 (1992 Everyman's Library hc.)

0140432353 (1985 Penguin English Library pbk.)

1 v. (various pagings).

First published in 1904.

1952 Grove Press edition has an introduction by R.P. Blackmur.

1985 Penguin English Library paperback has an introduction by Gore Vidal and notes by Patricia Crick.

1992 Everyman's Library edition has an introduction by Denis Donoghue.

Includes bibliographical references.

Wealthy American widower Adam Verver and his daughter Maggie live in Europe, where they collect art and relish each other's company. Through the efforts of the manipulative Fanny Assingham, Maggie becomes engaged to Amerigo, an Italian prince in reduced circumstances, but remains blind to his rekindled affair with her longtime friend Charlotte Stant. Maggie and Amerigo marry, and later, after Charlotte and Adam have also wed, both spouses learn of the ongoing affair, though neither seeks a confrontation. Not until Maggie buys the gilded crystal bowl of the title as a birthday present for Adam does truth crack the veneer of propriety.

Psychological fiction.

Classic fiction.

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