The Aspern Papers Sample

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English - July 03, 2020 23:36 - 3 minutes - 3.53 MB
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The Aspern Papers
By Henry James
Narrated by Graham Scott

The Aspern Papers, by Henry James. Narrated by Graham Scott

A biographer of long-deceased American romantic poet Jeffrey Aspern learns that Aspern's mistress and inspiration, the divine "Juliana", is astonishingly still alive and living in Venice with her middle-aged niece. Obsessed with obtaining all of Aspern's papers in the old woman's possession, he insinuates himself into the crumbling palatial home of the two women and uses increasingly unscrupulous and manipulative methods in pursuit of his ends....