The Sacred Fount by Henry James

"The Sacred Fount" by Henry James is a novel published in 1901. An unnamed narrator spends a weekend at an English country estate, obsessively theorizing about the romantic relationships of his fellow guests. He believes some lovers drain vitality and intelligence from their partners like a "sacred fount," leaving them aged or diminished. As he constructs increasingly elaborate theories about who is with whom, the line between insight and delusion blurs. This enigmatic first-person narrative explores observation, imagination, and the danger of over-interpretation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author James, Henry, 1843-1916
Title The Sacred Fount
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sacred_Fount
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 79.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Psychological fiction
Subject Married people -- England -- Fiction
Subject Man-woman relationships -- England -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 32939
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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