The Figure in the Carpet

A novella by Henry James, first published in 1896, in which a young literary critic becomes obsessed with uncovering the hidden secret, or "figure in the carpet," that he believes underlies the fiction of the celebrated novelist Hugh Vereker.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic short stories›American›Love, society, and inner lives

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