La panchina della desolazione
by Henry James
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On a certain October Saturday he had got off as usual, early; but the afternoon light, his pilgrimage drawing to its aim, could still show him, at long range, the rare case of an established usurper. His impulse was then, as by custom, to deviate a little and wait, all the more that the occupant of the bench was a lady, and that ladies, when alone, were -- at that austere end of the varied frontal stretch -- markedly discontinuous; but he kept on at sight of this person's rising, while he show more was still fifty yards off, and proceeding. show lessTags
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“La panchina della desolazione” è un romanzo breve di Henry James che Il Sole 24 Ore ha pubblicato nell’ambito della sua collana “I libri della domenica”. Il protagonista è Herbert Dodd un libraio che affronta con grande difficoltà i rapporti con le donne. Quando Herbert inizia una relazione con Kate Cookham le cose precipitano. Infatti, dopo poco lei chiede un’importante somma come risarcimento per non denunciarlo; nonostante lui non abbia fatto nulla di male. Questa cosa fa precipitare l’uomo in uno stato di grande desolazione e il posto dove cerca ristoro è la panchina della desolazione. Un racconto breve che, in realtà, non mi ha per nulla entusiasmato.
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- Canonical title*
- Le banc de la désolation
- Original title
- The Pupil; The Bench of Desolation; The Middle Years; The Abasement of the Northmores; Mrs. Medwin; The Beast in the Jungle
- Original publication date
- 1891; 1910; 1893; 1900; 1901; 1903 (show all 7); 1909
- Related movies*
- Le banc de la désolation (1974 | IMDb)
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice*
- New York, 15 aprile 1843 – Londra, 28 febbraio 1916
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