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    Roderick Hudson
    Roderick Hudson
    Roderick Hudson
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    Roderick Hudson

    By Henry James

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 1907
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    Henry James

    Henry James (1843–1916) was an American writer, highly regarded as one of the key proponents of literary realism, as well as for his contributions to literary criticism. His writing centres on the clash and overlap between Europe and America, and The Portrait of a Lady is regarded as his most notable work.

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    • 4/5
      Really enjoyed this book....much beyond what i thought when i started it. A bit dense here and there, and a fair number of coincidental meetings throughout that keep me from going above 4 stars, but certainly worth the 4 to me. Basically a story about art, beauty, passion, and morals, all stirred up into a big late 1880's pot....Americans in Italy mostly, working at creating art using all that Rome and other European spots have for inspiration. A wealthy Rowland Mallet takes potential young sculptor Roderick Hudson to Rome and willingly acts as his patron in hopes of releasing his artistic genius. Complications arise in the form of a destructive muse that threatens Hudson's engagement......Rowland acts always the gentleman, to a fault, and allows Hudson to become a monster of sorts.....but never has the chutzpah to stand up and demand accountability, always willing to chalk it up to his 'genius'. Not a whole lot happens, but the entire story, seen mostly through Rowland's eyes, gets more and more complex, and i found myself desperately hoping for several scenarios to play out, and i needed to keep reading to see if they would. Much descriptive text extolling the beauty of Rome in the winter and all it has to offer in the way of spectacular classic art, as well as much insight into what is art and beauty.....and how do they come together and can they co-exist in the hearts, minds and souls of artists. And when i realized that this was Henry James' first novel, I was impressed with the depth and scope of his insight into all of these topics. Nicely done.....
    • 3/5

      Very indirect plot spoilers here.

      This is not-quite-James. It's slow to get started - not slow the way his other novels are slow, but sloooooooooow - with long descriptions of peoples' appearances that are neither interesting nor insightful etc etc... Chapter III through the first half of XI is great, but someone has seemingly replaced a Jamesian ending with one straight out of a gothic horror novel. The final few chapters are somehow both completely superfluous (page after page of 'the alps stood out against the sun-lit sky like lowering monsters') and insufficient (the characters sit around... and somehow, someway, one of them decides that 'life is no longer worth living'. ) They aren't direct quotes, James is too good a writer for that, but the sentiment is about right.
      That said, James got it right with his very next novel, and it stayed right more or less to the end of his life, and you get hints of that here. But only recommended for people who care about getting the early hints; otherwise, start with The American.
    • 3/5
      Henry James's first novel. Not up to the level of his best work, as is to be expected, but still interesting.

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