Glasses by Henry James
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"Glasses" by Henry James is a short story published in 1896. A young orphan named Flora Saunt possesses extraordinary beauty—her sole asset in a world where she has little money or intellect. When she becomes engaged to a wealthy aristocrat, her future seems secure. But Flora harbors a dangerous secret: she is nearly blind and requires thick corrective glasses that destroy her famous looks. As her vision fails, she must navigate a
society that values appearance above all, leading to unexpected consequences and revelations about love, vanity, and what truly matters when sight itself disappears. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | James, Henry, 1843-1916 |
|---|---|
| Title | Glasses |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasses_(short_story) |
| Credits | Transcribed from the 1916 Martin Secker edition by David Price |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Young women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
| Subject | Blindness -- Fiction |
| Subject | Eyeglasses -- Fiction |
| Subject | Pride and vanity -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1195 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-01195-0 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 1998 |
| Last Update | Dec 31, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 752 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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