The Sense of the Past
Unfinished novel by Henry James / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sense of the Past is an unfinished novel by the American author Henry James that was published in 1917, a year after James' death. The novel is at once an eerie account of time travel and a bittersweet comedy of manners. A young American trades places with a remote ancestor in early 19th-century England, and encounters many complications in his new surroundings.
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Author | Henry James |
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Language | English |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | W. Collins Sons & Co., London Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City |
Publication date | Collins: 6-Sept-1917 Scribner's: 26-Oct-1917 |
Publication place | United Kingdom, United States |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | Collins: 351 pp Scribner's: 358 pp |
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