Project Gutenberg 2010-08-02 Public domain in the USA. 172 James, Henry 1843 1916 The Spoils of Poynton Reading ease score: 79.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Brian Foley, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Spoils of Poynton" by Henry James is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Mrs. Adela Gereth, a stylish and cultured widow faced with the anxiety of losing her beloved home, Poynton, to her son Owen's potential marriage to a woman of contrasting tastes and values. The narrative explores themes of aesthetics, social class, and the emotional intricacies of familial relationships through Mrs. Gereth's struggles with her feelings and societal expectations. The opening of the novel introduces Mrs. Gereth as she prepares for a church outing, navigating the discomfort of her surroundings and the aesthetic "ugliness" of Waterbath, where she and her son are currently staying. Her appreciation for beauty leads her to form an immediate connection with Fleda Vetch, a young woman she observes to have a similar sensibility. As they bond over their distaste for the decor of the house, Mrs. Gereth reveals her concerns about her son Owen possibly marrying Mona Brigstock, a young woman from a less cultured background. This internal conflict sets the stage for the societal and familial tensions that will unfold, as Mrs. Gereth grapples with her attachment to Poynton and her fears about its future under the stewardship of someone deemed aesthetically and morally inferior. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Inheritance and succession -- Fiction England -- Fiction Domestic fiction Country homes -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 429302 429317 2024-10-14T07:14:38.902567 2023-09-14T11:31:16.801017 text/html text/html 429501 2010-08-02T12:34:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 158576 2010-08-02T12:34:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 226100 2024-10-14T07:14:46.108530 application/epub+zip 233162 2024-10-14T07:14:41.039569 application/epub+zip 233162 2024-10-14T07:14:39.727574 application/epub+zip 415137 2024-10-14T07:14:50.177541 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389630 2024-10-14T07:14:45.320569 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365477 2022-09-15T09:16:38.943373 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413710 413489 2024-10-14T07:14:38.124593 2023-09-14T11:31:16.226018 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 413611 2010-08-02T12:34:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 155593 2010-08-02T12:34:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 413603 2010-08-02T12:34:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 155569 2010-08-02T12:34:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22389 2024-10-14T07:14:50.309504 application/rdf+xml 12894 2024-10-14T07:14:40.308577 image/jpeg 3466 2024-10-14T07:14:40.004567 image/jpeg 222055 2024-10-14T07:14:38.941562 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia