{"product_id":"the-wings-of-the-dove-isbn-9780812967197","title":"The Wings of the Dove","description":"\u003cb\u003eSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet amid the splendor of London drawing rooms and gilded Venetian palazzos, \u003cb\u003eThe Wings  of the Dove\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of Milly Theale, a naïve, doomed American heiress, and a  pair of lovers, Kate Croy and Merton Densher, who conspire to obtain her fortune.  In this witty tragedy of treachery, self-deception, and betrayal, Henry James weaves  together three ill-fated and wholly human destinies unexpectedly linked by desire,  greed, and salvation. As Amy Bloom writes in her Introduction, “\u003cb\u003eThe Wings of the  Dove\u003c\/b\u003e is a novel of intimacy. . . . [James] gives us passion, he gives us love in  its terrible and enchanting forms.”“\u003ci\u003eThe Wings of the Dove\u003c\/i\u003e represents the pinnacle of James’s prose.”—Louis Auchincloss\u003cb\u003eAmy Bloom \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of four novels: \u003ci\u003eWhite Houses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLucky Us\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAway\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLove Invents Us\u003c\/i\u003e; and three collections of short stories: \u003ci\u003eWhere the God Of Love Hangs Out\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCome to Me\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the National Book Award), and \u003ci\u003eA Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award). Her first book of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eNormal: Transsexual CEOs\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Crossdressing Cops and Hermaphrodites with Attitudes\u003c\/i\u003e, is a staple of university sociology and biology courses. Her most recent book is the widely acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling memoir, \u003ci\u003eIn Love\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for magazines such as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, and her work has been translated into fifteen languages. She is the Director of the Shapiro Center at Wesleyan University.Introduction by Amy Bloom; Preface by the author [quote]--Louis Auchincloss","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301292036325,"sku":"NP9780812967197","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780812967197.jpg?v=1767742231","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-wings-of-the-dove-isbn-9780812967197","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}