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The Beast in the Jungle

Author
Henry James
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
1 hour 54 minutes
ISBN
9781802560107
Published
11 August 2024
Imprint
Urban Romantics
  • premonition
  • destiny
  • introspection
  • missed opportunities
  • existential fear
  • fate
  • psychological drama
  • unfulfilled life
  • tragic
  • emotional paralysis

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John Marcher lives his life haunted by the premonition of an impending, cataclysmic event destined to shatter his existence—a fate he refers to as "the beast in the jungle." As years pass, he confides in the steadfast May Bartram, who quietly observes his ceaseless anticipation. In this masterful exploration of missed opportunities and introspective despair, Henry James presents a poignant meditation on the paralyzing nature of fear and the tragic cost of a life unlived.

Author

Henry James (1843–1916) is among the supreme novelists in English — an American who made Europe his stage and consciousness his subject. In The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, and The Wings of the Dove he traced Americans abroad through drawing rooms, secrets, and moral choice with unmatched psychological precision. James wrote sentences that think: long, exacting, and alive to every shade of feeling between people.

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