The Sacred Fount, Henry James: Hardback: 1959: Intro by Leon Edel

By Henry James.

Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1959. Hardback cover with dustjacket (clipped), 219 pages.

CONDITION
Overall good condition - see photos. Some wear/marks/tiny tears to dustjacket. Actual hardcover in good condition. Pen marks in margins and occasionally underlining text throughout, nothing which interferes with enjoyment of text.

The Sacred Fount is a strange book, concerning an unnamed narrator who attempts to discover the truth about the love lives of his fellow guests at a weekend party in the English countryside. He spurns the detective and keyhole methods as ignoble, and instead tries to decipher these relationships purely from the behaviour and appearance of each guest. He expends huge resources of energy and ingenuity on his theories, much to the bemusement of some people at the party.

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