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the wings of the dove
confronting a bronzino portrait in an english country house a young american heiress comes face to face with her own predicament . for milly theale who seems to have the world before her and at her feet is fatally ill . eager for life eager for love she embarks on her european adventure warming to the admiration of her new friends kate croy and merton densher . but merton and kate are secretly engaged and come to see in this angel with a thumping bank account as a solution to their own problems . for the remarkable kate scheming passionate poetic also wants to live ... br this edition of jamess poignant and dramatic novel is based on the revised new york edition . the cover pictures the bronzino portrait which is the focus of the key scene in the book .
paperback book jungle 2009 isbn13 9781438520827 isbn10 1438520824
abridged n isbn 13 9781438520827 number in series 1 number of pages 290 publisher lightning source inc release date 62135769600000