With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price.
| ISBN: | 9780486419220 |
| Publication date: | 28th March 2003 |
| Author: | Henry James |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications an imprint of Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 80 pages |
| Series: | Dover Thrift Editions |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary |