by Henry James · Penguin Books · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9780141397580
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«The Figure in the Carpet» is the mystery tale by Henry James, published by Penguin Books in paperback (64 pages, in English).
In this tale, a critic becomes obsessed with deciphering the secret that, he believes, runs through a novelist's work: a hidden figure that gives meaning to everything written. What begins as an interpretive game becomes a literary mystery about artistic consciousness and the limits of knowledge.
It is part of the Penguin Little Black Classics collection (No. 49), a series of 80 titles published for Penguin's 80th anniversary. The tale was originally published in 1896.
For readers who enjoy classics in English and short tales with mystery and interpretive play.
Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of theologian Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.
