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One of Henry James's most mesmerizing and unusual novels, The Sacred Fount The Sacred Fount––his only novel to employ a first-person narrator––places us in the Wallace Stevens: Collected Poetry and Prose (Library of America).
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During the course of what should be a relaxing weekend getaway in the country, the narrator begins to sense that something is amiss. The first clue comes in a series of ever-so-slight shifts in the personalities and behaviors of his fellow guests. Is it all in his head, or has he stumbled across a mystery? They barely speak to each other about the ideas that concern him — which he interprets as a sign that she wants a respite from the strain of acting a part of gaiety.
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When they do speak it seems to be at cross purposes, about different people — which he interprets as a cover for the truth he thinks she is hiding. He tells Mrs Server directly that he believes Guy Brissenden is in love with her. The Narrator makes his excuses and leaves them together. Chapter 9. A visiting pianist gives a recital, during which the Narrator assumes that all the guests are reflecting privately on the relationships he thinks he has uncovered. He then challenges Lady John, but she answers him in an oblique manner.
When she asks him who he is so concerned about, he refuses to answer her. Moreover, he believes that Lady John does not and can not know all the subtle connections between the guests which he perceives. Chapter As a return to London is in prospect for the next day, the Narrator wonders if all the changes and effects he has observed in the guests might disappear and everything return to normal. By midnight he resolves to escape the problems of analysis by leaving on an early train next morning. But then seeing Gilbert Long alone on the terrace all his curiosity is re-awakened.
He then meets Ford Obert and goes in search of Mrs Brissenden who has promised to have a word with him. He follows Obert into the library, where he challenges him directly about his interest in Mrs Server.
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They agree that she has changed, but Obert claims she has reverted to an earlier state of being. Obert claims he has been watching the Brissendens and has reached to same conclusions as the Narrator. Suddenly Guy Brissenden arrives to say that his wife want to speak to the Narrator, who thinks that maybe Gilbert Long and Mrs Brissenden have been or still are lovers. When he meets Mrs Brissenden she looks very young, and he hopes that all will be revealed. But she has nothing of any consequence to tell him. In fact she expects him to make all the revelations.
But she does believe that May Server is not involved in the puzzle they have been trying to solve. He challenges her to say who has brought about the remarkable change in Long. In response, she accuses him of being too fanciful and over-analytical. When she singularly gives him no concrete information, he interprets this as proof that he is correct in his suppositions. But she suddenly declares that she thinks him crazy. He then interrogates her relentlessly about exactly which point in the day she changed her mind about him.
She declares that Gilbert Long was not transformed at all: he was always stupid and remains so now. The Narrator is forced to admit that his theory was all wrong.
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However, Mrs Brissenden admits that she has been lying and covering up — and that Lady John is the woman in question. Her husband has revealed to her the liaison between Long and Lady John. The Narrator concludes their lengthy nocturnal debate and goes to bed chastened. Ian F. Merle A. An elderly lady, ex-lover of the writer, seeks a husband for her daughter.
But the potential purchaser of the papers is a dedicated bachelor. Money is also at stake — but of course not discussed overtly. There is a refined battle of wills between them. Who will win in the end?
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As usual, James keeps the reader guessing. The novella is a masterpiece of subtle narration, with an ironic twist in its outcome. The Spoils of Poynton is a short novel which centres on the contents of a country house, and the question of who is the most desirable person to inherit it via marriage. The owner Mrs Gereth is being forced to leave her home to make way for her son and his greedy and uncultured fiancee. But things do not go quite according to plan.
There are some very witty social ironies, and a contest of wills which matches nouveau-riche greed against high principles.
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