In the Cage

Download or read book In the Cage written by Henry James and published by Hesperus Press. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this small masterpiece of unrequited love, Henry James, as in his greatest novels, depicts a moral consciousness torn between emotional impulses and the demands of society. Working in a post office in Mayfair, a young woman is exposed to the cryptic but alluring correspondence of the social elite, and in particular, to lines written by the dashing Captain Everard. As she memorizes the messages he telegraphs, she becomes increasingly attracted to the life described to her, fixated by scandal and gossip a world apart from her ordinary existence.