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After spending decades in Europe, the American Henry James felt haunted by the idea that he'd given up something essential. Inspired by a trip home to New York City, the place of his birth, he wrote an astonishing story about a man who creeps through his childhood home late at night, searching for ghosts, and one in particular he's desperate to see: the American version of himself that didn't ever get a chance to live. In this episode, Jacke reads and analyzes the middle of Henry James's "The Jolly Corner."
Additional listening:
- 679 The Jolly Corner by Henry James - Part 1
- 340 Constance Fenimore Woolson
- 341 Constance and Henry - The Story of "Miss Grief"
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