TY - BOOK AU - James,Henry TI - The Beast in the Jungle AV - PS PY - 1997/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Conduct of life -- Fiction KW - Fate and fatalism -- Fiction KW - Man-woman relationships -- Fiction KW - Egoism -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_in_the_Jungle; Release date is 1997-11-01; Transcribed from the 1915 Martin Secker edition by David Price; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Beast in the Jungle" by Henry James is a novella published in 1903. It tells the story of John Marcher, a man obsessed with the belief that his life is destined for some catastrophic, spectacular event lurking in his future like a beast. His fixation prevents him from truly living or accepting the love of May Bartram, who patiently accompanies him through the years. This psychological parable explores loneliness, fate, and the tragic consequences of waiting for life instead of embracing it. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1093 ER -