James, Henry,  1843-1916 <br/><br/>
The Aspern Papers 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aspern_Papers  Release date is 2008-06-29 
<br/><br/>Produced by Judith Boss and David Widger  Produced by Judith Boss and David Widger 
<br/><br/> "The Aspern Papers" by Henry James is a novella published in 1888. A nameless narrator travels to Venice with a singular obsession: to obtain the private letters of Jeffrey Aspern, a deceased American poet. His target is Juliana Bordereau, the poet's aged former lover, who guards these precious documents. To gain access, the narrator poses as a lodger and considers courting Juliana's plain niece, Miss Tita. James crafts a suspenseful tale about the ethical boundaries of biographical pursuit, where desire for literary treasure collides with human dignity and privacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Venice (Italy) -- Fiction Psychological fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Poets -- Fiction Manuscripts -- Collectors and collecting -- Fiction 
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