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He experiences everything with a childlike pleasure that she deems the essential element of a good traveler.

Jennie Fields

He experiences everything with a childlike pleasure that she deems the essential element of a good traveler.

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Wharton thought no one could have freedom, but James knew no one wanted freedom.

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Wharton thought no one could have freedom, but James knew no one wanted freedom.

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Henry James said there isn't any difference between the English novel and the American novel since there are only two kinds of novels at all, the good and the bad.

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[Henry James'] essay's closing lines can either be read neutrally or as a more purposeful wish that this mystery [of Shakespeare's authorship] will one day be resolved by the 'criticism of the future'...

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The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.

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The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.

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About Jennie Fields

Jennie Fields (born July 25, 1953) is an American novelist. Her fourth novel, The Age of Desire, is based on the life of American writer Edith Wharton and her fifth novel, cold war thriller Atomic Love, is an international best seller and Book of the Month Club selection.